Allegory
type: Item
part of: Figurative Speech (‘ilm al-bayān)
DOI: 10.64393/balagha.Q59
Encyclopedia of Arabic Rhetoric page code: 474
described at URL: Allegory
instance of: Arabic rhetorical device
BALAGHA Score ID: B-3
cites work: Arabic Rhetoric: A Pragmatic Analysis
cites work: Al-Kāfī fī al-Balāgha: al-Bayān wa al-Badīʿ wa al-Maʿānī
cites work: Majāz
cites work: Jawāhir al-Balāgha fī al-Maʿānī wa-al-Bayān wa-al-Badī
title: Allegory
exact match: Q18535
exact match (Wikidata Q-ID code): Q18535
OpenAlex ID: W4415342185
Balagha Corpus ID: B4Allegory
is part of taxonomy: Arabic Rhetorical Device Taxonomy v0.1.0
is part of taxonomy: Arabic Rhetorical Device Taxonomy v0.1.1
label: المجاز @ar
description: Arabic rhetorical device involving the use of a word which has one meaning, and using it in a different but closely related way.