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ezāfe

ezāfe is the alternative spelling of ezafe.

Meaning of ezafe

Noun

ezafe (plural ezafe or ezafes)

  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, Turkish), or -ı (Ottoman Turkish, 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.

Questions about ezāfe

What is ezāfe the alternative spelling of?
Ezāfe is the alternative spelling of ezafe.

Words near ezāfe in the dictionary

  1. Ezzies
  2. Ezzo
  3. Ezzos
  4. ezâfe
  5. ezâfes
  6. ezāfe
  7. Eötvös
  8. Eötvös balance
  9. Eötvös effect
  10. Eötvös effects
  11. Eötvös unit

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