majas

See also: Majas, majás, mājas, and mājās

Estonian

Noun

majas

  1. inessive singular of maja

Indonesian

Etymology

Derived from Arabic مَجَاز (majāz, “metaphor, allegory, figurative speech”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈmad͡ʒas/ [ˈma.d͡ʒas]
  • Rhymes: -ad͡ʒas
  • Syllabification: ma‧jas

Noun

majas (plural majas-majas)

  1. (rhetoric) metaphor, figure of speech
    Synonyms: kiasan, gaya bahasa

References

  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaxas/ [ˈma.xas]
  • Rhymes: -axas
  • Syllabification: ma‧jas

Etymology 1

Adjective

majas

  1. feminine plural of majo

Etymology 2

Verb

majas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of majar
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