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Meaning of ezafe | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ɛˈzɑːfeɪ/

Definitions

  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.
  2. Alternative spelling of ezafe.
    alt-of, alternative, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية إضافة
Ελληνικά ιζαφέτ
Français ézafé
हिन्दी इज़ाफ़ा
日本語 エザーフェ
한국어 에자페
Русский изафет
Türkçe izafet

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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