"ʾiḍāfa" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪˈdɑːfə/ Forms: idafa [alternative], idafah [alternative], iḍāfah [alternative]
enPR: ĭ-dä􂀽'fə Etymology: Transliteration of Arabic إِضَافَة (ʔiḍāfa). Doublet of ezafe. Etymology templates: {{translit|en|ar|إِضَافَة}} Transliteration of Arabic إِضَافَة (ʔiḍāfa), {{doublet|en|ezafe}} Doublet of ezafe, {{root|en|ar|ض ي ف}} Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} ʾiḍāfa (uncountable)
  1. The possessive or genitive construction in Arabic. Tags: uncountable Related terms: ezafe (english: in the grammar of Iranian languages) Translations (the possessive or genitive construction in Arabic): إِضَافَة (ʔiḍāfa) [feminine] (Arabic), ইজাফা (ijapha) (Bengali), اِضَافَه (izāfa) (Dari), इज़ाफ़ा (izāfā) [masculine] (Hindi), اِضافِه (ezâfe) (Iranian Persian), イザーファ (izāfa) (Japanese), اضافت (izafet) (Ottoman Turkish), اِضَافَت (izāfat) (Persian), ਇਜ਼ਾਫ਼ਾ (izāfā) [Gurmukhi] (Punjabi), اِضافَہ (īẓāfah) [Shahmukhi] (Punjabi), ида́фа (idáfa) [feminine] (Russian), изофа (izofa) (Tajik), izafet (Turkish), اِضافَہ (izāfa) [masculine] (Urdu), اِضافَت (izāfat) [masculine] (Urdu)

Alternative forms

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