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عازِف
musician (instrument player) /ˈʕaː.zif/
nounB2#3923 most common
Also: player (of an instrument), instrumentalist
Example sentences
هو عازِف.
He is a musician.
عازِف البيانو موهوب.
The piano player is talented.
التقيت بعازِفٍ في الحفلة.
I met a musician at the party.
يعمل عازِف الجيتار في فرقة موسيقية مشهورة.
The guitarist works in a famous music band.
أصبح عازِف الكمان الشاب نجماً عالمياً بعد فوزه بالمسابقة.
The young violinist became a world star after winning the competition.
لم يكن أداء عازِف الإيقاع ليكتمل لولا انسجامه التام مع بقية أعضاء الفرقة.
The percussionist's performance would not have been complete without his full harmony with the rest of the band.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عازِفٌ | عازِفونَ |
| Genitive | عازِفٍ | عازِفينَ |
| Accusative | عازِفًا | عازِفينَ |
| Vocative | يا عازِفُ | يا عازِفونَ |
Word family
عَزَفَto play (an instrument)
عَزْفthe act of playing musicعازِفةfemale musician
مِعْزَفa stringed instrument
Etymology
عازِف comes from the Arabic root ع-ز-ف, which carries the sense of playing a musical instrument. The word itself is the active participle, built on the fa'il pattern that Arabic uses to name someone who does an action, so عازِف literally means 'one who plays'. This root is native to Arabic and has no connection to European words that sound similar.
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