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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.

Equivalents

العربية إضافة
Azərbaycanca izafət
বাংলা ইজাফা
Ελληνικά ιζαφέτ
Français ézafé
हिन्दी इज़ाफ़ा
Հայերեն իզաֆետ
日本語 エザーフェ
Қазақша изафет
한국어 에자페
Русский изафет
Тоҷикӣ изофа
Türkçe izafet
Oʻzbekcha izofat

CEFR level

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