گزاف

گزاف

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /ɡazɑːf/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /ɡazɒːf/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /ɡæzɒːf/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /ɡazɔːf/

Adjective

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

1. extravagant, excessive, exorbitant

Derived terms

• گزاف گفتن‎ (gazâf goftan)

Descendants

• → Arabic: جِزاف‎ (jizāf), جُزاف‎ (juzāf)
  • Moroccan Arabic: بالزاف‎ (bezzāf), بزاف‎ (bezzāf)
    • → Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴱⵣⵣⴰⴼ (bzzaf)

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)