DZ

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See also: dz, Dz, .dz, , , , and
DZ U+01F1, DZ
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER DZ
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Latin Extended-B Dz

Translingual

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Taken from Berber ⴷⵣⴰⵢⵔ (dzayr) (ISO code).

Symbol

DZ

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Algeria.
    Synonym: DZA (alpha-3)

Etymology 2

Symbol

DZ

  1. DZ, METAR code for drizzle.

English

Adjective

DZ (not comparable)

  1. Abbreviation of dizygotic.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Noun

DZ

  1. (slang) Algerian people

Slovene

Alternative forms

  • Dz (etymology 1, see usage notes)

Etymology 1

A digraph of D and Z.

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme, standard): IPA(key): /d͡z/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /dzə́/, /dzèː/, /dzéː/
  • Rhymes: , -eː

Letter

DZ (upper case, lower case dz)

  1. A digraph of Slovene letters D and Z.
Usage notes

This form of upper case letter is used only when writing in all caps. Otherwise, Dz is used.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of državni zbor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /də́zə́/, /dèːzèː/, /déːzèː/, /dèːzè/, /déːzè/
  • Rhymes: , -eː

Noun

DZ m inan

  1. (journalistic) national assembly
    • 2022, Dnevnik, V DZ naklonjeni predlagani noveli zakona o pomoči gospodarstvu:
      DZ je danes obravnaval predlog novele zakona o pomoči gospodarstvu zaradi visokih povišanj cen električne energije in zemeljskega plina, s katero se širi obseg pomoči.
      Today, the national assembly discussed the proposal of amendment to the law about the help for the economy because of the high price increases of energy and gas, with which the extent of the aid is being expanded.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of družinski zakonik.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /də́zə́/, /dèːzèː/, /déːzèː/, /dèːzè/, /déːzè/
  • Rhymes: , -eː

Noun

DZ m inan

  1. (law) family code

Etymology 4

Abbreviation of delovni zvezek

Pronunciation

Noun

DZ m inan

  1. (school, slang) workbook
    Reševal boš naloge iz DZ, a ker tam ni dovolj prostora jih boš reševal v zvezek.
    You will be completing exercises from the workbook, but because there is not enough space, you will be completing them in notebook.

Inflection

  • Overall more common
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing. DZ
gen. sing. DZ-ja
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
DZ DZ-ja DZ-ji
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
DZ-ja DZ-jev DZ-jev
dative
(dajȃlnik)
DZ-ju DZ-jema DZ-jem
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
DZ DZ-ja DZ-je
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
DZ-ju DZ-jih DZ-jih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
DZ-jem DZ-jema DZ-ji
  • Less common, especially for etymology 4
Masculine inan., no endings
nom. sing. DZ
gen. sing. DZ
singular dual plural
nominative DZ DZ DZ
accusative DZ DZ DZ
genitive DZ DZ DZ
dative DZ DZ DZ
locative DZ DZ DZ
instrumental DZ DZ DZ

See also

References

  1. ^ Družinski zakonik”, in Uradni list RS, št. 15/17, 21/18 – ZNOrg, 22/19, 67/19 – ZMatR-C, 200/20 – ZOOMTVI, 94/22 – odl. US in 94/22 – odl. US, Ljubljana, 2017