جهاز

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See also: جہاز, چهار, and جهار

Arabic

Root
ج ه ز (j-h-z)

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

جِهَاز or جَهَاز (jihāz or jahāzm (plural أَجْهِزَة (ʔajhiza))

  1. equipment, device, appliances, outfit, gear, rig
  2. implement, utensil, appliance, contrivance, gadget
  3. installation, apparatus
  4. (in the plural) system, apparatus

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: cihaz
  • Kazakh: жиһаз (jihaz)
  • Pashto: جهاز (jahâz)
  • Persian: جهاز (jahâz) (see there for further descendants)
  • Portuguese: jaez
  • Spanish: jaez
  • Swahili: jahazi
  • Turkish: cihaz
  • Urdu: جہاز
  • Uzbek: jihoz

See also

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “جهز”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَهَاز (jahāz).

Noun

جهاز (jahâzm

  1. (obsolete, rare) ship
    Synonym: بېړۍ (beṛëy)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَهَاز (jahāz).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? jahāz
Dari reading? jahāz
Iranian reading? jahâz
Tajik reading? jahoz

Noun

جهاز (jahâz)

  1. ship

Descendants

Sindhi

Etymology

From Classical Persian جهاز (jahāz), from Arabic جَهَاز (jahāz). Compare Urdu جہاز (jahāz).

Pronunciation

Noun

جهاز (jahāzum (Devanagari जहाज़ु)

  1. ship.

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج ه ز
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جِهَاز (jihāz).

Pronunciation

Noun

جهاز (jihāz, jhāzm (plural أجهزة (ʔajhize))

  1. appliance, device
    Synonym: آلة (ʔāle)
    جهاز التلفزيونjihāz it-talfizyōntelevision set
    جهاز توقيتjihāz tawqīttimer, time switch
  2. system, apparatus
    الجهاز الدمويil-jihāz id-damawithe bloodstream, the circulatury system
    الجهاز الحكوميil-jihāz il-ḥukūmithe apparatus of the government
  3. equipment, gear
    جهاز العروسjihāz il-ʕarūstrousseau