Learn Farsi: از نظر این بازیکن، بیلیارد یک ورزش است. - From the perspective of this player, billiards is a sport.

از نظر این بازیکن، بیلیارد یک ورزش است.az nazar-e in bâzikon, biliyârd yek varzesh ast.

From the perspective of this player, billiards is a sport.

Breakdown of از نظر این بازیکن، بیلیارد یک ورزش است.

Questions & Answers about از نظر این بازیکن، بیلیارد یک ورزش است.

How does az nazar-e connect to the person holding the opinion?

The phrase literally means "from the view of" or "from the opinion of." You must use the Ezafe suffix (the hidden "e" sound) to link it to the noun or pronoun that follows. Here, it connects to in bâzikon (this player) to form az nazar-e in bâzikon.

Could we use the other preposition from this lesson, az didgâh-e, in this exact sentence?

Yes, you could say az didgâh-e in bâzikon, and it would mean exactly the same thing. az nazar-e is very common for everyday personal opinions ("in this player's opinion"), while az didgâh-e translates a bit closer to "from the viewpoint of" and can sound slightly more formal, but they are highly interchangeable in most contexts.

What are the building blocks of the word bâzikon (player)?

It is a compound word made of bâzi (game or play) and kon. The suffix kon is the present stem of the verb kardan (to do). In Farsi, adding the present stem of a verb to a noun often creates a noun for the person who does that action, so a bâzikon is literally a "game-doer."

Since biliyârd is a specific game, shouldn't it be followed by the specific object marker râ?

No, because biliyârd is the subject of this sentence, not the direct object. The sentence follows the structure "A is B" where biliyârd is the subject, yek varzesh is the complement, and is the verb. The marker is strictly for specific direct objects that receive the action of a verb.