جواز

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Arabic

Root
ج و ز (j w z)
15 terms

Etymology 1

Compare جَوَّزَ (jawwaza, to allow), جَازَ (jāza, to pass).

Pronunciation

Noun

جَوَاز (jawāzm (plural جَوَازَات (jawāzāt) or أَجْوِزَة (ʔajwiza))

  1. verbal noun of جَازَ (jāza) (form I)
  2. lawfulness
  3. allowableness
  4. passage
  5. transit
  6. passport
Declension
Derived terms
References

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

جِوَاز (jiwāzm

  1. verbal noun of جَاوَزَ (jāwaza) (form III)
Declension

Egyptian Arabic

Root
ج و ز
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic زَوَاج (zawāj), with metathesis.

Pronunciation

Noun

جواز (gawāzm (plural جوازات (gawazāt))

  1. marriage
  2. wedding
    Synonym: عرس (ʕurs)
    • 2009, w:Ghada Abdel Aal, chapter 1, in عايزة أتجوز, دار الشروق.:
      خلينا نتفق الأول ان موضوع الجواز و العرسان و تأخر الجواز ده موضوع حساس جدا.
      Let's first agree that the topic of wedding, grooms and wedding delays is a very sensitive one.

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ج و ز
1 term

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Arabic جَوَاز (jawāz).

Noun

جواز (jawāzm (plural جوازات (jawāzāt))

  1. passport
    Synonym: جَوَاز سَفَر (jawāz safar)

Etymology 2

From Arabic زَوَاج (zawāj), with metathesis.

Noun

جواز (jawāzm (plural جوازات (jawāzāt))

  1. (rare) marriage
  2. (rare) wedding
    Synonym: زواج (zawāj)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جواز (javāz), from Arabic جَوَاز (jawāz).

Pronunciation

Noun

جَوَاز (javāzm (Hindi spelling जवाज़)

  1. justification (ie. lawfulness)
    • 1995, حسرت کاسگنجوی , شگوفے: انشائيے, →OCLC, page 144:
      اور جو بات نہیں ماننی ہوتی اس کے لیے کوئی جواز پیش کر دیتے ہیں دراصل یہ جواز جھوٹ پر مبنی ہوتا ہے۔
      aur jo bāt nahī̃ mānnī hotī us ke lie koī javāz peś kar dete ha͠i dar asl ye javāz jhūṭ par mabnī hotā hai.
      And he giveس a justification for whatever he does not wish to accept, but in actual fact that justification is based on lies.

Declension

    Declension of جواز
singular plural
direct جَوَاز (javāz) جَوَاز (javāz)
oblique جَوَاز (javāz) جَوَازوں (javāzõ)
vocative جَوَاز (javāz) جَوَازو (javāzo)

Further reading

  • جواز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • جواز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جواز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.