ஐயவணி

aiyavani

உவமான உவமேயங்களின் ஒப்புமையினால் ஐயுறுவதுபோற் பேசும் அணி. (அணியு. 10.) Figure of speech in which a close resemblance between two objects leads to one of them being spoken of as if it were mistaken for the other;

Tamil Lexicon

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, ''s.'' A figure in rhetoric- as where doubt is entertained as to whether a thing which bears analogy to another is identical with or distinct from it--as தாதளவிவண்டுதடுமாறுந்தாமரைகொ ல் மாதர்விழியுலவும் வாண்முகங்கொல். I doubt whether it is the face of a woman or a lotus flower, since it resembles so much the latter.

Miron Winslow

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aiya-v-aṇi
n. ஐயம்2+.
Figure of speech in which a close resemblance between two objects leads to one of them being spoken of as if it were mistaken for the other;
உவமான உவமேயங்களின் ஒப்புமையினால் ஐயுறுவதுபோற் பேசும் அணி. (அணியு. 10.)

DSAL

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