Antonomasia

Sautin antonomassia

A jiki maganganu, antonomasia wani nau'i ne na metonymy wanda wani epithet ko magana ya ɗauki wurin sunan da ya dace, kamar "ƙaramin corporal" ga Napoleon I, ko kuma amfani da sunan da ya kamata a matsayin sunan archetypal, don bayyana ra'ayi na gaba ɗaya. Misali mai yawa na antonomasia a cikin Late Middle Ages da farkon Renaissance shine amfani da kalmar "The Philosopher" don komawa ga Aristotle.

A cikin salon, ana iya amfani da irin waɗannan kalmomin don bambancin da ya dace don rage maimaita sunaye a cikin jimloli. Kalmar ta fito ne daga Girkanci ἀντονομασία, antonomasia, kanta daga aikatau ἀντονομάζειν, Antonomazein 'don yin suna daban'.

Antonomasia kuma na iya nufin sauya sunan da ya dace zuwa sunan gama gari, yana ɗauke da wasu halaye masu ma'ana. Misali, tsara wani a matsayin apollo maimakon ya ce shi saurayi ne mai kyau.

Sunayen da aka saba amfani da su

Sabanin antonomasia shine sunan da ya dace. Misali daya na yau da kullun a Faransanci shine kalmar fox: Latin-derived Faransanci: an maye gurbinsa da Faransanci - renard, daga Renart, jarumin fox na Roman na Renart (asalin Jamusanci Reinhard).French-language_