جزاء

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See also: خراء

Arabic

Root
ج ز ي (j z y)
9 terms

Etymology 1

Verbal noun of the verb جَزَى (jazā, “to repay, reward, punish”), from the root ج ز ي (j-z-y).

Pronunciation

Noun

جَزَاء • (jazāʔ) m

  1. verbal noun of جَزَى (jazā, “to repay, reward, punish”) (form I)
  2. repayment
  3. recompense, return
    • هَلْ جَزَاءُ الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ؟
      hal jazāʔu al-ʔiḥsāni ʔillā l-ʔiḥsānu?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    1. punishment, penalty
  4. compensation, set-off
  5. amends, reparation
Declension
Declension of noun جَزَاء (jazāʔ)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal جَزَاء
jazāʔ 		الْجَزَاء
al-jazāʔ 		جَزَاء
jazāʔ
Nominative جَزَاءٌ
jazāʔun 		الْجَزَاءُ
al-jazāʔu 		جَزَاءُ
jazāʔu
Accusative جَزَاءً
jazāʔan 		الْجَزَاءَ
al-jazāʔa 		جَزَاءَ
jazāʔa
Genitive جَزَاءٍ
jazāʔin 		الْجَزَاءِ
al-jazāʔi 		جَزَاءِ
jazāʔi
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: cəza
  • → Bengali: জাজা (jaja)
  • → Northern Kurdish: ceza
  • → Persian: جزا
  • → Ottoman Turkish: جزا (cezā)
    > Turkish: ceza (inherited)
    Crimean Tatar: ceza
  • → Swahili: jaza
  • → Turkmen: jeza
  • → Uyghur: جازا (jaza)
  • → Uzbek: jazo
  • → Zazaki: ceza

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

جِزَاء • (jizāʔ) f pl

  1. plural of جِزْيَة (jizya)
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