گزاف
Persian edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɡa.zɑːf]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɡʲæ.zɒːf]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɡä.zɔf]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | gazāf |
Dari reading? | gazāf |
Iranian reading? | gazâf |
Tajik reading? | gazof |
Adjective edit
گَزاف • (gazâf) (comparative گَزافتَر (gazâf-tar), superlative گَزافتَرین (gazâf-tarin))
Derived terms edit
- گزاف گفتن (gazâf goftan)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- Shapira, Dan D. Y. (2009) “Irano-Arabica: contamination and popular etymology. Notes on the Persian and Arabic lexicons (with references to Aramaic, Hebrew and Turkic)”, in Христианский Восток – Новая Серия, volume 5 (XI), Moscow: Издательство Российской Академии Наук и Государственного Эрмитажа, page 157, derives from Aramaic *kəzābhā (“lie”), a cognate of Arabic كَذْبَة (kaḏba)