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ezafe meaning in Punjabi

ਇਜ਼ਾਫ਼ਾ izāfā

/ɛˈzɑːfeɪ/

ezafe in Punjabi: ਇਜ਼ਾਫ਼ਾ (izāfā), ਇਜ਼ਾਫ਼ਤ (izāfat), اِضافَہ (īẓāfah), اِضافَت (īẓāfat). In English, ezafe means 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.

Punjabi words for ezafe

grammatical particle
ਇਜ਼ਾਫ਼ਾ izāfā, ਇਜ਼ਾਫ਼ਤ izāfat, اِضافَہ īẓāfah, اِضافَت īẓāfat

English meaning of ezafe

  1. noun 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.

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Questions about ezafe in Punjabi

What is the meaning of ezafe in Punjabi?
Ezafe in Punjabi is ਇਜ਼ਾਫ਼ਾ (izāfā), ਇਜ਼ਾਫ਼ਤ (izāfat), اِضافَہ (īẓāfah), اِضافَت (īẓāfat).
ezafe ਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੀ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ?
Ezafe: ਇਜ਼ਾਫ਼ਾ (izāfā), ਇਜ਼ਾਫ਼ਤ (izāfat), اِضافَہ (īẓāfah), اِضافَت (īẓāfat).
What does ezafe mean in English?
Ezafe means 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.

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