ezafe

== English == === Alternative forms === ezāfe, ezafeh, ezāfeh (Iranian Persian) izafa, izāfa, izafah, izāfah, izafat, izāfat, iḍāfa, ʾiḍāfa, iḍāfah, iḍāfat, idhafa, idafa, idafah (Arabic, Classical Persian, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi) izofa, izofat (Tajik) izafet, izâfet (Ottoman Turkish, Turkish) === Etymology === Borrowed from Iranian Persian اِضافِه (ezâfe), from Classical Persian اِضَافَه (izāfa), from Arabic إِضَافَة (ʔiḍāfa). Doublet of ʾiḍāfa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛˈzɑːfeɪ/ === Noun === ezafe (plural ezafe or ezafes) 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. ==== Translations ==== === See also === ʾiḍāfa (in Arabic grammar) === Further reading === ezafe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === feaze