Arabic · noun · Poetry, Speech & Art

Bayan

बयान

said ba-YAAN

also written: Bayaan,Bayan

Meaning

The branch of rhetoric dealing with simile, metaphor and metonymy — the modes of expressing one meaning in varied ways; also, expression or statement in general.

Literally: making clear, exposition

See it in the verse

Bayan in Iqbal’s couplets

Andaz-e-bayan garche bahut shokh nahin hai
Shayad ki utar jaye tere dil mein meri baat

Though my manner of saying it is not especially dazzling — perhaps, even so, my words may sink into your heart.

Humility · Love

Related words

ARABIC

Balaghat

Rhetoric — the higher art of expressing meaning eloquently and aptly to the occasion; the science of effective expression.

ARABIC

Maani

Meaning, inner significance — as opposed to outer form.

PERSIAN

Badi

An evil deed; wickedness, the opposite of virtue.

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