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ezafe

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɛˈzɑːfeɪ/
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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian Persian اِضافِه (ezâfe), from Classical Persian اِضَافَه (izāfa), from Arabic إِضَافَة (ʔiḍāfa). Doublet of ʾiḍāfa.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِضَافَة (ʔiḍāfa) — grammatical particle
  • Armenian: իզաֆետ (izafet) — grammatical particle
  • Azerbaijani: izafət — grammatical particle
  • Bengali: ইজাফা (ijapha) — grammatical particle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 耶扎菲 (yēzhāfēi) — grammatical particle
  • French: ézafé — grammatical particle
  • Greek: ιζαφέτ (izafét) — grammatical particle
  • Hebrew: אֶזָאפֶה — grammatical particle
  • Hindi: इज़ाफ़ा (izāfā) — grammatical particle
  • Hindi: इज़ाफ़त (izāfat) — grammatical particle
  • Japanese: エザーフェ (ezāfe) — grammatical particle
  • Kazakh: изафет (izafet) — grammatical particle
  • Korean: 에자페 (ejape) — grammatical particle
  • Kumyk: изафат (izafat) — grammatical particle
  • Kyrgyz: изафет (izafet) — grammatical particle
  • Pashto: اضافه (ezāfa) — grammatical particle
  • Dari: اِضَافَه (izāfa) — grammatical particle
  • Dari: نَقْشنَمایِ اِضَافَه (naqš-namā-yi izāfa) — grammatical particle
  • Iranian Persian: اِضافِه (ezâfe) — grammatical particle
  • Iranian Persian: نَقْشنَمایِ اِضافِه (naġš-namâ-ye ezâfe) — grammatical particle
  • Punjabi: ਇਜ਼ਾਫ਼ਾ (izāfā) — grammatical particle
  • Punjabi: ਇਜ਼ਾਫ਼ਤ (izāfat) — grammatical particle
  • Punjabi: اِضافَہ (īẓāfah) — grammatical particle
  • Punjabi: اِضافَت (īẓāfat) — grammatical particle
  • Russian: изафе́т (izafét) — grammatical particle
  • Tajik: изофа (izofa) — grammatical particle
  • Turkish: izafet — grammatical particle
  • Ottoman Turkish: اضافت (izâfet) — grammatical particle
  • Urdu: اِضافَہ (izāfa) — grammatical particle
  • Urdu: اِضافَت (izāfat) — grammatical particle
  • Uzbek: izofat — grammatical particle