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 main entry.

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

Etymology 1

From Arabic جَزِيرَة (jazīra).

Noun

جز (jaz)

  1. (rare) island

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [Term?]

Preposition

جز (joz)

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

Etymology 3

From Arabic جُزْء (juzʾ).

Alternative forms

  • جزو (jozv)
  • جزء (joz')

Noun

جز (joz')

  1. part

Inflection

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 [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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