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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic إِضَافَة (ʔiḍāfa).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? izāfa
Dari reading? izāfa
Iranian reading? ezâfe
Tajik reading? izofa

Adjective edit

اِضافِه (ezâfe)

  1. extra

Noun edit

Dari اِضافَه
Iranian Persian اِضافِه
Tajik изофа

اِضافِه (ezâfe) (plural اضافه‌ها (ezâfe-hâ))

  1. addition
    Synonym: افزایش (afzâyeš)
  2. increase
    Synonym: افزایش (afzâyeš)
  3. (grammar) the act of linking words with the ezafe grammatical particle
  4. (grammar) ezafe
    Synonym: نقش‌نمای اضافه (naqš-e-namâ-ye ezâfe)

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