گزاف

Persian

Alternative forms

گزافه (gazâfe)
گذاف (obsolete)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡa.ˈzaːf/

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

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʲæ.zɒːf]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡä.zɔf]

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

Adjective

گَزاف • (gazâf) (comparative گَزاف‌تَر, superlative گَزاف‌تَرین)

extravagant, excessive, exorbitant
(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Derived terms

گزاف گفتن (gazâf goftan)
لاف و گزاف (lâf o gazâf)

Descendants

→ Arabic: جِزاف (jizāf), جُزاف (juzāf)
- ⇒ Algerian Arabic: بالزاف (bezzāf)
  - → Kabyle: bezzaf
- ⇒ Moroccan Arabic: بالزاف (bizzāf), بزاف (bizzāf)
  - → Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴱⵣⵣⴰⴼ (bzzaf)
  - → French: bézef, bésef, besef, bezef
  - → Italian: bizzeffe
→ Bengali: গুজব (gujōb)
→ 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 [Term?] (*kəzābhā, “lie”), a cognate of Arabic كَذْبَة (kaḏba)