مزخرف

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ز خ ر ف (z-ḵ-r-f)

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))

1. adorned, ornamented, decorated, embellished
2. 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
	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) “زخرف”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], 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]

• (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 (mozaxraf-tar), superlative مزخرف‌تَرین (mozaxraf-tarin))

1. (obsolete) golden, decorated, prettified
2. prettified but meaningless statement
3. silly, absurd, foolish, nonsensical, bullshit
4. awful, very bad

   عجب فیلم مزخرفی 'ajab film-e mozaxrafi = What a lousy movie!

Inflection

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