مبالغة

Verbal noun of بَالَغَ (bālaḡa).

• IPA^(key): /mu.baː.la.ɣa/

مُبَالَغَة • (mubālaḡa) f (plural مُبَالَغَات (mubālaḡāt))

1. verbal noun of بَالَغَ (bālaḡa)
2. exaggeration
   • عبدالله المزهر, مبالغة في المبالغة :

     اَلْمُبَالَغَةُ حَتَّى فِي ٱلْفِعْلِ ٱلنَّبِيلِ تُحَوِّلُهُ إِلَى فِعْلٍ مُسْتَنْكَرٍ، فَٱلْمُبَالَغَةُ فِي ٱلْحُبِّ تُحَوِّلُهُ إِلَى رَغْبَةٍ فِي ٱلتَّمَلُّكِ، وَٱلْمُبَالَغَةُ فِي ٱلْكَرَمِ إِسْرَافٌ، وَٱلْمُبَالَغَةُ فِي ٱلتَّوْفِيرِ بَخْلٌ، وَٱلْمُبَالَغَةُ فِي ٱلثِّقَةِ سَذَاجَةٌ

     al-mubālaḡatu ḥattā fī l-fiʕli n-nabīli tuḥawwiluhu ʔilā fiʕlin mustankarin, fal-mubālaḡatu fī l-ḥubbi tuḥawwiluhu ʔilā raḡbatin fī t-tamalluki, wal-mubālaḡatu fī l-karami ʔisrāfun, wal-mubālaḡatu fī t-tawfīri baḵlun, wal-mubālaḡatu fī ṯ-ṯiqati saḏājatun

     the exaggeration turns even noble deeds into questionable ones, the exaggeration in love turns into desire for possession, the exaggeration in generosity is extravagance and the exaggeration of thrift is stinginess and the exaggeration of trust is naivety

3. (rhetoric) hyperbole

• → Azerbaijani: mübaliğə
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਬਾਲਗਾ (mubālagā)

  Shahmukhi script: مبالغہ (mubālaġah)

• → Ottoman Turkish: مبالغه
  • > Turkish: mübalağa (inherited)
  • → Crimean Tatar: mubalâğa
• → Persian: مبالغه
• → Uyghur: مۇبالىغە (mubalighe)
• → Uzbek: mubolag'a