Etymograph

English

ezafe

Ezafe comes from Iranian Persian اِضافِه, and goes back to Arabic إِضَافَة.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentإِضَافَةʔiḍāfa
  2. Classical Persianc. 900–presentاِضَافَهizāfa
  3. Iranian Persianmodernاِضافِهezâfe
  4. Englishtodayezafe

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentإِضَافَةʔiḍāfa
  2. Classical Persianc. 900–presentاِضَافَهizāfa
  3. Iranian Persianmodernاِضافِهezâfe
  4. Englishtodayezafe

Every English word from Arabic إِضَافَة

Today it means

noun A grammatical particle found in some Iranian and Iranian-influenced languages which links two words together; it consists of the unstressed vowel -e / -ye (Persian, Bengali, Hindi-Urdu, Punjabi), -i / -yi (Classical Persian, Kurdish, Bengali, Hindi-Urdu, Punjabi, Ottoman Turkish, Turkish), or -ı (Ottoman Turkish, Turkish) between the words it connects, and often approximately corresponds in usage

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic إِضَافَة / ezafe

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