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Where does “ezafe” come from?

ezafe (English) comes from Persian اضافه, from Arabic إِضَافَة — adjunct; genitive construction; addition, adjunct.

ezafe (English): A grammatical particle found in some Iranian and...

Definitions

  1. A grammatical particle found in some Iranian and...

Ancestry of “ezafe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianاضافهextra; addition; increase
2Arabicإِضَافَةadjunct; genitive construction; addition, adjunct
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