Learn Farsi: مکانیزم‌های فیزیکی نظیر این دستگیره دیگر کار نمی‌کنند. - Physical mechanisms such as this handle no longer work.

مکانیزم‌های فیزیکی نظیر این دستگیره دیگر کار نمی‌کنند.mekânizmhâye fiziki nazir-e in dastgire digar kâr nemikonand.

Physical mechanisms such as this handle no longer work.

Breakdown of مکانیزم‌های فیزیکی نظیر این دستگیره دیگر کار نمی‌کنند.

Questions & Answers about مکانیزم‌های فیزیکی نظیر این دستگیره دیگر کار نمی‌کنند.

How does nazir function in this sentence, and where does the ezafe go?

nazir acts as a preposition here meaning "such as" or "like." It requires an ezafe to connect to the example that follows it, making it nazir-e in dastgire. Notice that you do not need an ezafe on the preceding adjective (fiziki) to introduce the preposition.

Could I use az qabil-e instead of nazir-e here, and would it change the meaning?

Yes, you could use az qabil-e and they are mostly interchangeable here. However, there is a slight nuance: nazir-e leans more towards "similar to" (since the noun nazir means "peer" or "match"), while az qabil-e literally means "from the category of."

The subject مکانیزم‌های فیزیکی is inanimate. Shouldn't the verb be singular?

Usually, yes. While non-human plurals in Farsi typically take a singular verb, plural verbs are frequently used in formal writing or when the speaker wants to emphasize the individual, distinct moving parts within a group. Using the singular کار نمی‌کند would also be perfectly correct here.

How does the word digar work with the verb in this sentence?

On its own, digar usually means "other" or "else." However, when it is paired with a negative verb (like کار نمی‌کنند), the combination translates to "no longer" or "not anymore."