گزاف

Persian

Alternative forms

  • گزافه (gazâfe)
  • گذاف (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɡä.zɑːf]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ɡä.zɑːf]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ɡä.zɔːf]

Readings
Classical reading? gazāf
Dari reading? gazāf
Iranian reading? gazâf
Tajik reading? gazof

Adjective

گَزاف • (gazâf) (comparative گَزاف‌تَر (gazâf-tar), superlative گَزاف‌تَرین (gazâf-tarin))

  1. extravagant, excessive, exorbitant

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Arabic: جِزاف (jizāf), جُزاف (juzāf)
  • Turkish: güzaf

Further reading

  • Shapira, Dan D. Y. (2009) “Irano-Arabica: contamination and popular etymology. Notes on the Persian and Arabic lexicons (with references to Aramaic, Hebrew and Turkic)”, in Христианский Восток – Новая Серия, volume 5 (XI), Moscow: Издательство Российской Академии Наук и Государственного Эрмитажа, page 157, derives from Aramaic *kəzābhā (lie), a cognate of Arabic كَذْبَة (kaḏba)
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