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. (uncommon) marriage
    2. (uncommon) wedding
      Synonym: زواج (zawāj)

    Urdu

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian جَوَاز (jawāz), 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 gives 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, 2025.
    • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “جواز”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]