Arabic · noun · Poetry, Speech & Art
Izafat
इज़ाफ़त
said i-ZAA-fat
also written: Izaafat,Idafat,Ezafe
Meaning
The Persian grammatical construction linking two words with a short '-e-' (as in gul-e-surkh), pervasive in Urdu and Persian poetic diction.
Literally: annexation, addition