جز

See also: جر‎, حر‎, خر‎, خز‎, چر‎, and جڑ‎

Arabic

جَزّ

Etymology 1

From the root ج ز ز‎ (j-z-z).

Pronunciation

  • Verb: IPA(key): /d͡ʒaz.za/
  • Noun: IPA(key): /d͡ʒazz/

Verb

جَزَّ • (jazza) I, non-past يَجُزُّ‎‎ (yajuzzu)

  1. to shear, to prune, to cut down, to fleece
  2. to slash, to gash
  3. to mow; to churn up
Conjugation

Noun

جَزّ • (jazz) m

  1. verbal noun of جَزَّ (jazza) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

جُزْ • (juz) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of جَازَ‎ (jāza)

References

  • “جز” in Almaany
  • Freytag, Georg (1830), “جز”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 272

Persian

Preposition

جز • (joz)

  1. except
    جز این از هر کتابی خوشم می‌آد.‎
    Juz in az har ketâbi xošam mi-âd.
    I like every book except for this one.

Etymology 2

From Arabic جُزْء‎ (juzʔ).

Alternative forms

  • جزو‎ (jozv)
  • جزء‎ (joz')

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /d͡ʒʊz/

    Noun

    جز • (joz')

    1. part
    Inflection
        Basic forms of جز (joz, joz')
    bare جز, جزء‎
    (joz, joz')
    ezâfe جزء‎
    (joz'-e)
    marked indefinite
    or relative definite
    جزئی‎
    (joz'-i)

    Etymology 3

    Probably from Arabic جَزِيرَة‎ (jazīra).

    Noun

    جز • (jaz)

    1. (archaic) island
      Synonym: جزیره‎ (jazire)

    References

    • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “جز”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
    • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “կղզի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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