Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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

    Noun

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    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

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    • Turkish: izafet

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    Persian

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      Pronunciation

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      Readings
      Classical reading? izāfat

      Noun

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      اضافت (izāfat) (Classical Persian)

      1. Alternative form of اضافه (ezafe).

      Urdu

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      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      اِضَافَت (izāfatm (Hindi spelling इज़ाफ़त)

      1. (grammar) ezafe or idafa