متشابہ

mutashāběh (act. part. of تشابہ 'to be like, to resemble,' vi of شبہ , not in use; and prob. formed fr. shibhor shabah, 'a like'), part. adj. Conformable, consimilar; like, resembling, similar;—allegoric, parabolical;—equivocal, ambiguous; intricate, difficult;—s.m. Allegory; simile; metaphor.