تصغير

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ص غ ر (ṣ-ḡ-r)

Etymology[edit]

Verbal noun of صَغَّرَ (ṣaḡḡara, to diminish, to make small), from the root ص غ ر (ṣ-ḡ-r).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

تَصْغِير (taṣḡīrm

  1. diminishment, reduction
  2. (linguistics, linguistic morphology) diminutive
    Synonym: (less common) تَحْقِير (taḥqīr)

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Azerbaijani: təsğir
  • Ottoman Turkish: تصغیر (tesğir)
  • Persian: تصغیر