اضافت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian اِضَافَت (izāfat), from Arabic إِضَافَة (ʔiḍāfa).

    Noun

    اضافت • (izafet)

    1. (grammar) ezafe, a grammatical particle found in Ottoman Turkish and some Iranian languages which links two words together; this construct often corresponds to the English preposition "of".

    Descendants

    • Turkish: izafet

    Further reading

    Persian

      Pronunciation

      Readings
      Classical reading? izāfat

      Noun

      اضافت • (izāfat) (Classical Persian)

      1. alternative form of اضافه (ezafe)

      Urdu

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Classical Persian اِضَافَت (izāfat), from Arabic إِضَافَة (ʔiḍāfa).

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      اِضَافَت • (izāfatm (Hindi spelling इज़ाफ़त)

      1. (grammar) ezafe or idafa