The Ezafé

Ezafé is an E sound which in Persian is the equivalent of the English possessive ('s); or an adjective connector; or a sign of apposition. Thus:

• Bandar-é-Abbas (Port of Abbas)
• sag-é-kuchek (dog small)
• mard-é-dustam (the man, my friend...)

Ordinarily, the ezafé is not written. But when the word coming before an ezafé ends with a long A or a long U, then it is replaced by a yé or

After a long I, the ezafé is pronounced but not written.

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