مزخرف

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ز خ ر ف (z ḵ r f)
4 terms

Derived from the passive participle of زَخْرَفَ (zaḵrafa, “to embellish, to decorate, to adorn”).

Adjective

مُزَخْرَف • (muzaḵraf) (feminine مُزَخْرَفَة (muzaḵrafa), masculine plural مُزَخْرَفُونَ (muzaḵrafūna), feminine plural مُزَخْرَفَات (muzaḵrafāt))

adorned, ornamented, decorated, embellished
fancy

Declension

Declension of adjective **مُزَخْرَف** (muzaḵraf)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُزَخْرَف muzaḵraf	الْمُزَخْرَف al-muzaḵraf	مُزَخْرَفَة muzaḵrafa	الْمُزَخْرَفَة al-muzaḵrafa
nominative	مُزَخْرَفٌ muzaḵrafun	الْمُزَخْرَفُ al-muzaḵrafu	مُزَخْرَفَةٌ muzaḵrafatun	الْمُزَخْرَفَةُ al-muzaḵrafatu
accusative	مُزَخْرَفًا muzaḵrafan	الْمُزَخْرَفَ al-muzaḵrafa	مُزَخْرَفَةً muzaḵrafatan	الْمُزَخْرَفَةَ al-muzaḵrafata
genitive	مُزَخْرَفٍ muzaḵrafin	الْمُزَخْرَفِ al-muzaḵrafi	مُزَخْرَفَةٍ muzaḵrafatin	الْمُزَخْرَفَةِ al-muzaḵrafati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُزَخْرَفَيْن muzaḵrafayn	الْمُزَخْرَفَيْن al-muzaḵrafayn	مُزَخْرَفَتَيْن muzaḵrafatayn	الْمُزَخْرَفَتَيْن al-muzaḵrafatayn
nominative	مُزَخْرَفَانِ muzaḵrafāni	الْمُزَخْرَفَانِ al-muzaḵrafāni	مُزَخْرَفَتَانِ muzaḵrafatāni	الْمُزَخْرَفَتَانِ al-muzaḵrafatāni
accusative	مُزَخْرَفَيْنِ muzaḵrafayni	الْمُزَخْرَفَيْنِ al-muzaḵrafayni	مُزَخْرَفَتَيْنِ muzaḵrafatayni	الْمُزَخْرَفَتَيْنِ al-muzaḵrafatayni
genitive	مُزَخْرَفَيْنِ muzaḵrafayni	الْمُزَخْرَفَيْنِ al-muzaḵrafayni	مُزَخْرَفَتَيْنِ muzaḵrafatayni	الْمُزَخْرَفَتَيْنِ al-muzaḵrafatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُزَخْرَفِين muzaḵrafīn	الْمُزَخْرَفِين al-muzaḵrafīn	مُزَخْرَفَات muzaḵrafāt	الْمُزَخْرَفَات al-muzaḵrafāt
nominative	مُزَخْرَفُونَ muzaḵrafūna	الْمُزَخْرَفُونَ al-muzaḵrafūna	مُزَخْرَفَاتٌ muzaḵrafātun	الْمُزَخْرَفَاتُ al-muzaḵrafātu
accusative	مُزَخْرَفِينَ muzaḵrafīna	الْمُزَخْرَفِينَ al-muzaḵrafīna	مُزَخْرَفَاتٍ muzaḵrafātin	الْمُزَخْرَفَاتِ al-muzaḵrafāti
genitive	مُزَخْرَفِينَ muzaḵrafīna	الْمُزَخْرَفِينَ al-muzaḵrafīna	مُزَخْرَفَاتٍ muzaḵrafātin	الْمُزَخْرَفَاتِ al-muzaḵrafāti

Synonyms

مُزَرْكَش (muzarkaš)

References

Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “زخرف”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مُزَخْرَف (muzaḵraf, “golden, decorated”), from زَخْرَف (zaḵraf, “gold”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mu.zax.ˈɾaf/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.zäx.ɾǽf]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.zäx.ɾǽf]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.zäx.ɾǽf]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.zæx.ɹǽf]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.zäχ.ɾǽf]

Readings
Classical reading^?	muzaxraf
Dari reading^?	muzaxraf
Iranian reading^?	mozaxraf
Tajik reading^?	muzaxraf

Adjective

مزخرف • (mozaxraf) (comparative مزخرف‌تَر, superlative مزخرف‌تَرین)

(obsolete) golden, decorated, prettified
prettified but meaningless statement
silly, absurd, foolish, nonsensical, bullshit
awful, very bad
عجب فیلم مزخرفی 'ajab film-e mozaxrafi = What a lousy movie!

Inflection

Predicative forms of **مزخرف** (mozaxraf)
	singular	plural
1^st person (“I am, we are”)	مزخرفم (mozaxrafam)	مزخرفیم (mozaxrafim)
2^nd person (“you are”)	مزخرفی (mozaxrafi)	مزخرفید، مزخرفین^△ (mozaxrafid, mozaxrafin^△)
3^rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”)	مزخرف است، مزخرفه^△ (mozaxraf ast, mozaxrafe^△)	مزخرفند، مزخرفن^△ (mozaxrafand, mozaxrafan^△)

^△ Colloquial.