گزاف

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Persian

Alternative forms

گزافه (gazâfe)
گذاف (obsolete)

Pronunciation

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(Dari, formal) IPA^(key):
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Readings
Classical reading^?	gazāf
Dari reading^?	gazāf
Iranian reading^?	gazâf
Tajik reading^?	gazof

Adjective

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

extravagant, excessive, exorbitant

Derived terms

گزاف گفتن (gazâf goftan)

Descendants

→ Arabic: جِزاف (jizāf), جُزاف (juzāf)
- ⇒ Moroccan Arabic: بالزاف (bezzāf), بزاف (bizzāf)
  - → Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴱⵣⵣⴰⴼ (bzzaf)
  - Italian: bizzeffe
→ 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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