bizzeffe

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بالزاف (bizzāf), from Arabic بِالْجُزَاف (bi-l-juzāf), ultimately from Classical Persian گَزَاف (gazāf, “extravagant, excessive, exorbitant”); cognate with French bézef.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bidˈd͡zɛf.fe/
• Rhymes: -ɛffe
• Hyphenation: biz‧zèf‧fe

Noun

bizzeffe

1. Only used in a bizzeffe

Further reading

• Lutz, Edzard (2011) “Language Contact between Arabic and Modern European Languages”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1029