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Arabic root

ك-ن-ي

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B2noun
كِنَايَة
kināya

metonymy / allusion

Example
الكِنايَةُ مِن أَهَمِّ أَساليبِ البَلاغَةِ العَرَبِيَّة.
al-kināyatu min ahammi asālībi l-balāghati l-ʿarabiyya.
Metonymy is one of the most important Arabic rhetorical devices.