مزخرف

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of زَخْرَفَ‎ (zaḵrafa, “to embellish, to decorate, to adorn”), from the root ز خ ر ف‎ (z-ḵ-r-f).

Adjective

مُزَخْرَف • (muzaḵraf) (feminine مُزَخْرَفَة‎ (muzaḵrafa), masculine plural مُزَخْرَفُونَ‎ (muzaḵrafūna), feminine plural مُزَخْرَفَات‎ (muzaḵrafāt))

adorned, ornamented, decorated, embellished
fancy

Declension

Declension of adjective مُزَخْرَف (muzaḵraf)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُزَخْرَف muzaḵraf	الْمُزَخْرَف‎ al-muzaḵraf	مُزَخْرَفَة‎ muzaḵrafa	الْمُزَخْرَفَة‎ al-muzaḵrafa
Nominative	مُزَخْرَفٌ muzaḵrafun	الْمُزَخْرَفُ‎ al-muzaḵrafu	مُزَخْرَفَةٌ‎ muzaḵrafatun	الْمُزَخْرَفَةُ‎ al-muzaḵrafatu
Accusative	مُزَخْرَفًا‎ muzaḵrafan	الْمُزَخْرَفَ‎ al-muzaḵrafa	مُزَخْرَفَةً‎ muzaḵrafatan	الْمُزَخْرَفَةَ‎ al-muzaḵrafata
Genitive	مُزَخْرَفٍ muzaḵrafin	الْمُزَخْرَفِ‎ al-muzaḵrafi	مُزَخْرَفَةٍ‎ muzaḵrafatin	الْمُزَخْرَفَةِ‎ al-muzaḵrafati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُزَخْرَفَيْن‎ muzaḵrafayn	الْمُزَخْرَفَيْن‎ al-muzaḵrafayn	مُزَخْرَفَتَيْن‎ muzaḵrafatayn	الْمُزَخْرَفَتَيْن‎ al-muzaḵrafatayn
Nominative	مُزَخْرَفَانِ‎ muzaḵrafāni	الْمُزَخْرَفَانِ‎ al-muzaḵrafāni	مُزَخْرَفَتَانِ‎ muzaḵrafatāni	الْمُزَخْرَفَتَانِ‎ al-muzaḵrafatāni
Accusative	مُزَخْرَفَيْنِ‎ muzaḵrafayni	الْمُزَخْرَفَيْنِ‎ al-muzaḵrafayni	مُزَخْرَفَتَيْنِ‎ muzaḵrafatayni	الْمُزَخْرَفَتَيْنِ‎ al-muzaḵrafatayni
Genitive	مُزَخْرَفَيْنِ‎ muzaḵrafayni	الْمُزَخْرَفَيْنِ‎ al-muzaḵrafayni	مُزَخْرَفَتَيْنِ‎ muzaḵrafatayni	الْمُزَخْرَفَتَيْنِ‎ al-muzaḵrafatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُزَخْرَفِين‎ muzaḵrafīn	الْمُزَخْرَفِين‎ al-muzaḵrafīn	مُزَخْرَفَات‎ muzaḵrafāt	الْمُزَخْرَفَات‎ al-muzaḵrafāt
Nominative	مُزَخْرَفُونَ‎ muzaḵrafūna	الْمُزَخْرَفُونَ‎ al-muzaḵrafūna	مُزَخْرَفَاتٌ‎ muzaḵrafātun	الْمُزَخْرَفَاتُ‎ al-muzaḵrafātu
Accusative	مُزَخْرَفِينَ‎ muzaḵrafīna	الْمُزَخْرَفِينَ‎ al-muzaḵrafīna	مُزَخْرَفَاتٍ‎ muzaḵrafātin	الْمُزَخْرَفَاتِ‎ al-muzaḵrafāti
Genitive	مُزَخْرَفِينَ‎ muzaḵrafīna	الْمُزَخْرَفِينَ‎ al-muzaḵrafīna	مُزَخْرَفَاتٍ‎ muzaḵrafātin	الْمُزَخْرَفَاتِ‎ al-muzaḵrafāti

Synonyms

مُزَرْكَش‎ (muzarkaš)

References

Lane, Edward William (1863), “زخرف”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مُزَخْرَف‎ (muzaḵraf, “golden, decorated”), from زَخْرَف‎ (zaḵraf, “gold”).

Pronunciation

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [mozæxˈɾæf]

Adjective

مزخرف • (mozaxraf) (comparative مزخرف‌تَر‎ (mozaxraf-tar), superlative مزخرف‌تَرین‎ (mozaxraf-tarin))

(obsolete) golden, decorated, prettified
prettified but meaningless statement
silly, absurd, foolish, nonsensical, bullshit
awful, very bad
عجب فیلم مزخرفی 'ajab film-e mozaxrafi = What a lousy movie!

Inflection

Predicative forms of مزخرف (mozaxraf)
	singular	plural
1^st person (“I am, we are”)	مزخرفم‎ (mozaxrafam)	مزخرفیم‎ (mozaxrafim)
2^nd person (“you are”)	مزخرفی‎ (mozaxrafi)	مزخرفید‎ (mozaxrafid) مزخرفین‎ ^△ (mozaxrafin)
3^rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”)	مزخرف است‎ (mozaxraf ast) مزخرفه‎ ^△ (mozaxrafe)	مزخرفند‎ (mozaxrafand) مزخرفن‎ ^△ (mozaxrafan)
^△ Colloquial.

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