Arabic edit

Root
ص غ ر (ṣ-ḡ-r)

Etymology edit

Verbal noun of صَغَّرَ (ṣaḡḡara, to diminish, to make small), from the root ص غ ر (ṣ-ḡ-r).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

تَصْغِير (taṣḡīrm

  1. diminishment, reduction
  2. (linguistics, linguistic morphology) diminutive
    Synonym: (less common) تَحْقِير (taḥqīr)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: təsğir
  • Ottoman Turkish: تصغیر (tesğir)
  • Persian: تصغیر