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ezafe

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
17
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ɛˈzɑːfeɪ/

Definition of ezafe

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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.

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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.

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