"الـ" meaning in Persian

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        "3": "ال",
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      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic ال (al-, “the”, definite article)",
      "name": "bor+"
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic ال (al-, “the”, definite article).",
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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      "form": "-l-",
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      "expansion": "الـ • (al- or -l-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "certainly, surely",
          "roman": "ala-l-tahqīq/ala-l-tahqiq",
          "text": "علیٰالتحقیق",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "ابوالهول ― abu-l-hawl／abo-l-howl ― sphinx",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "totally, entirely",
          "roman": "bi-l-kull／be-l-koll",
          "text": "بالکل",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Used in certain unadapted borrowings from Arabic."
      ],
      "id": "en-الـ-fa-particle-ZMf4Yq3q",
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          "Appendix:Glossary#unadapted borrowing"
        ]
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "37 63",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "بین (beyn, “between”) + الـ (-l-) + ملل (melal, “nations”) + ـی (-i) → بینالمللی (beyno-l-melali, “international”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "حق (haqq, “wage, payment”) + الـ (-s-) + سکوت (sokut, “silence”) → حقالسکوت (haqqo-s-sokut, “hush money”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "دستور (dastur, “rule, guideline”) + الـ (-l-) + عمل (amal, “action”) → دستورالعمل (dasturo-l-'amal, “written instructions”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "مجمع (majma', “assembly”) + الـ (-l-) + جزایر (jazâyer, “islands”) → مجمعالجزایر (majma'o-l-jazâyer, “archipelago”)",
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        }
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        "of; used as the equivalent of the ezâfe between Arabic borrowings to form compound words, which often do not exist in Arabic."
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      "id": "en-الـ-fa-particle-74LgXPhH",
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          "of",
          "of"
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          "ezâfe",
          "Appendix:Persian ezâfe#English"
        ],
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          "compound word#English"
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  "word": "الـ"
}

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  ],
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      "form": "-l-",
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      "expansion": "الـ • (al- or -l-)",
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  "lang_code": "fa",
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        {
          "english": "certainly, surely",
          "roman": "ala-l-tahqīq/ala-l-tahqiq",
          "text": "علیٰالتحقیق",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "ابوالهول ― abu-l-hawl／abo-l-howl ― sphinx",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "totally, entirely",
          "roman": "bi-l-kull／be-l-koll",
          "text": "بالکل",
          "type": "example"
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    },
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          "text": "بین (beyn, “between”) + الـ (-l-) + ملل (melal, “nations”) + ـی (-i) → بینالمللی (beyno-l-melali, “international”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "حق (haqq, “wage, payment”) + الـ (-s-) + سکوت (sokut, “silence”) → حقالسکوت (haqqo-s-sokut, “hush money”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "دستور (dastur, “rule, guideline”) + الـ (-l-) + عمل (amal, “action”) → دستورالعمل (dasturo-l-'amal, “written instructions”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "مجمع (majma', “assembly”) + الـ (-l-) + جزایر (jazâyer, “islands”) → مجمعالجزایر (majma'o-l-jazâyer, “archipelago”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
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  "word": "الـ"
}