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Persian
Alternative forms
- ز (ze) (literary, dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭭 (az), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎨𐎠 (hacā), from Proto-Iranian *háčā, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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az
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| Dari reading?
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az
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| Iranian reading?
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az
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| Tajik reading?
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az
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Preposition
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از
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аз
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از • (az)
- of, from
از او پرسیدم اگر میخواهد به ایران برود. (more literary)- az u porsidam agar mi-xâhad be irân be-ravad.
ازش پرسیدم اگه میخواد به ایران بره. (more colloquial)- az-aš porsidam age mi-xâd be irân be-re.
- I asked of him if he wanted to go to Iran.
- since
- از کی تا حالا؟ ― az key tâ hâlâ? ― Since when?
- than
این کتاب از آن کتاب بهتر است. (more literary)- in ketâb az ân ketâb behtar ast.
این کتاب از اون کتاب بهتره. (more colloquial)- in ketâb az un ketâb behtar-e.
- This book is better than that one.
Usage notes
In standard and colloquial modern Persian (more so in colloquial Persian), the preposition is used with an enclitic pronoun when a pronoun is the object of the sentence. For instance, the phrase “از او پرسیدم” (az u porsidam, lit. “from him (I) asked”) becomes “ازش پرسیدم” (az-aš porsidam) when using the enclitic third-person singular pronoun.
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian از (az).
Pronunciation
Preposition
از • (az) (Hindi spelling अज़)
- from, by
- Synonym: سے (se)