ezafe
See also: ezāfe
English
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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, Urdu), -i / -yi (Classical Persian, Kurdish, Urdu, Ottoman Turkish), or -ı (Ottoman Turkish) between the words it connects, and often approximately corresponds in usage to the English preposition "of", similar but not to be confused with Arabic ʾiḍāfa.
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See also
- ʾiḍāfa (in Arabic grammar)
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