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ezafeh

ezafeh is the alternative form 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.

Forms of ezafeh

pluralezafehs

Questions about ezafeh

What is ezafeh the alternative form of?
Ezafeh is the alternative form of ezafe.

Words near ezafeh in the dictionary

  1. Eyzidi
  2. Eyzidism
  3. ez
  4. Ez.
  5. ezafe
  6. ezafeh
  7. ezafehs
  8. ezafes
  9. ezatiostat
  10. ezba
  11. ezbas

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