تجنيس tajnīs P (inf. ii. of جنس Ch. Kind) s. f. 1. Making of the same kind; resem- blance, analogy. 2. Equivocation. 3. Pun- ning to the eye instead of the ear, alliteration. تجنيس خطي tajnīs-i-khat̤t̤ī, Writing words alike which are pronounced differently, a sort of equi- voque in writing; as pul, pal and pil in this couplet of Saudā: يـﮩـ نـﮩودريا که جس سي گذريي پل باندهکر موج چشم عاشقان دي توڙپل مين پل کي پل yih na ho daryā ki jis se guẕriye pul bāndhkar; mauj-i-chashm-i-āﻌshiḳāṅ de toṛ pal meṅ pil ke pul, This is not a river that you can cross by means of a bridge; the waves that arise from the eyes of lovers would demolish a bridge in a moment by their shock.