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gaz in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
gaz (pluralgaz-gaz, first-person possessivegazku, second-person possessivegazmu, third-person possessivegaznya)
(archaic)guz: A unit of length used in parts of Asia, ranging from 24 to 41 inches.
References
^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144
(countable,chemistry)gas(matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid; chemical element or compound in such a state)
(uncountable)gas(flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel)
(uncountable,colloquial)gas(amount of gasoline sent to the engine as controlled by the driver by means of the gas pedal)
Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021) “gaz, gaza”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 2, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 251
gazm inan (diminutivegazik, related adjectivegazowy)
(countable,chemistry)gas(matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid; chemical element or compound in such a state)
(uncountable)gas(flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel)
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), gaz is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 40 times in scientific texts, 14 times in news, 4 times in essays, 4 times in fiction, and 5 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 67 times, making it the 960th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.
References
^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “gaz”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “gaz”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “gaz”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 125
Further reading
gaz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
gazy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “gaz”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 105