ezafe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A grammatical particle found in some Iranian and Iranian-influenced languages which links two words together; it consists of the unstressed vowel -e / -ye (Persian, Bengali, Hindi-Urdu, Punjabi), -i / -yi (Classical Persian, Kurdish, Bengali, Hindi-Urdu, Punjabi, Ottoman Turkish), or -ı (Ottoman Turkish) between the words it connects, and often approximately corresponds in usage to the English preposition "of", similar to but not to be confused with Arabic ʾiḍāfa.

Pronunciation

/ɛˈzɑːfeɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ezafe.wav

Word forms

ezafe ezafes ezāfe ezafeh ezāfeh izafa izāfa izafah izāfah izafat izāfat iḍāfa ʾiḍāfa iḍāfah iḍāfat idhafa idafa idafah izofa izofat izafet izâfet

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic أَضَافَ (ʔaḍāfa) Arabic إِضَافَة (ʔiḍāfa)bor. Iranian Persian اِضافِه (ezâfe)bor. English ezafe Borrowed from Iranian Persian اِضافِه (ezâfe), from Classical Persian اِضَافَه (izāfa), from Arabic إِضَافَة (ʔiḍāfa). Doublet of ʾiḍāfa.

Related words

ʾiḍāfa

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