جز

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See also: جر, حر, خر, خز, چر, and جڑ

Arabic

جَزّ

Etymology 1

Root
ج ز ز (j z z)
1 term

Pronunciation

Verb

جَزَّ (jazza) I (non-past يَجُزُّ (yajuzzu), verbal noun جَزّ (jazz))

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

Noun

جَزّ (jazzm

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

جُزْ (juz) (form I) /d͡ʒuz/

  1. second-person masculine singular 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 Middle Persian (Jud az, except, apart from).

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

Borrowed from Arabic جُزْء (juzʔ).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? juz
Dari reading? juz
Iranian reading? joz
Tajik reading? juz

Noun

جز (joz)

  1. unhamzated form of جزء (joz')
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, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կղզի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press