İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. i. içinde gerçek payı olan kısa alegorik hikâye, mesel. mesel, ibret alinacak öykü. benzetilebilir,kısa hikaye. kısa hikaye. i. içinde gerçek payı olan kısa alegorik hikâye, mesel. mesel, kıssa.
2. ifade edilmek istenileni benzetme veya kıyas yoluyle anlatan söz veya konuşma; mesel, mesel; içinde hakikat payı olan kısa alegorik hikâye.
3. mesel. ibret alınacak öykü.
4. ahlaksal ya da dinsel ders veren kısa öykü. mesel.
5. kısa hikaye.

Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin parabola, from Greek parabolE comparison, from paraballein to compare, from para- + ballein to throw; more at DEVIL
Pronunciation : 'par-&-b&l
Function : noun
Date : 14th century

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1. proverb, short tale that teaches a moral lesson; riddle, enigma; allegory, symbolic story. parable\par"a*ble\, n. [f. parabole, l. parabola, fr. gr. a placing beside or together, a comparing, comparison, a parable, fr. to throw beside, compare; beside + to throw; cf. skr. gal to drop. cf. emblem, gland, palaver, parabola, parley, parabole, symbol.] a comparison; a similitude; specifically, a short fictitious narrative of something which might really occur in life or nature, by means of which a moral is drawn; as, the parables of christ. declare unto us the parable of the tares. xiii. 36.
2. Procurable.
3. A comparison; a similitude; specifically, a short fictitious narrative of something which might really occur in life or nature, by means of which a moral is drawn; as, the parables of Christ.
4. To represent by parable. any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message; "the parable of the prodigal son".
5. A parable is a short story, which is told in order to make a moral or religious point, like those in the Bible. the parable of the Good Samaritan. a short simple story that teaches a moral or religious lesson, especially one of the stories told by Jesus in the Bible (parabole, from parabola , from parabole, from paraballein ).