Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
ز خ ر ف (z ḵ r f)
3 terms

Derived from the passive participle of زَخْرَفَ (zaḵrafa, to embellish, to decorate, to adorn).

Adjective

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مُزَخْرَف (muzaḵraf) (feminine مُزَخْرَفَة (muzaḵrafa), masculine plural مُزَخْرَفُونَ (muzaḵrafūna), feminine plural مُزَخْرَفَات (muzaḵrafāt))

  1. adorned, ornamented, decorated, embellished
  2. fancy

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Persian

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Etymology

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From Arabic مُزَخْرَف (muzaḵraf, golden, decorated), from زَخْرَف (zaḵraf, gold).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? muzaxraf
Dari reading? muzaxraf
Iranian reading? mozaxraf
Tajik reading? muzaxraf

Adjective

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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

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    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.