جوز

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See also: خور, جور, چور, خوز, حور, and حوز

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ج و ز (j w z)
15 terms

Compare جَازَ (jāza, to pass through).

Pronunciation

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Verb

جَوَّزَ (jawwaza) II (non-past يُجَوِّزُ (yujawwizu), verbal noun تَجْوِيز (tajwīz))

  1. to allow, permit
  2. to cause to travel over, pass through, perform
  3. to carry through one's views
  4. to water
  5. to give in marriage, to marry
Conjugation

Noun

جَوْز (jawzm (plural أَجْوَاز (ʔajwāz))

  1. verbal noun of جَازَ (jāza) (form I)
  2. middle (of a desert, a camel, the night, etc.)
  3. main part
Declension

Etymology 2

جَوْز

From Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭦 (gōz, walnut) (Persian گوز (gowz)).

Pronunciation

Noun

جَوْز (jawzm (collective, singulative جَوْزَة f (jawza), plural جَوْزَات (jawzāt))

  1. walnut (the fruit of any Juglans tree; walnut trees are usually شَجَر الْجَوْز (šajar al-jawz); the same tendency in the derived terms)
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: cövz, cövüz, cəviz
  • Baluchi: جئوز (jawz)
  • Ottoman Turkish: جوز (cevz)
  • Persian: جوز (jowz)

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “جوز”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 233
  • Hehn, Victor with Schrader, Otto (1911) Kulturpflanzen und Haustiere in ihrem Übergang aus Asien nach Griechenland und Italien sowie in das übrige Europa (in German), 8th edition, Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, pages 393–404
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “جوز”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 485
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 29–59
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “جوز”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 254
  • Wagner, Max (1966) Die lexikalischen und grammatikalischen Aramaismen im alttestamentlichen Hebräisch (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 96) (in German), Berlin: Alfred Töpelmann, →ISBN, page 18

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic زَوْج (zawj) with metathesis.

Pronunciation

Noun

جوز (gōzm

  1. husband

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic جَوْز (jawz).

Pronunciation

Noun

جوز (jōzm (collective, singulative جوزة f (jōza), paucal جوزات (jōzāt))

  1. walnut

Etymology 2

From Arabic زَوْج (zawj), with metathesis.

Pronunciation

Noun

جوز (jōzm (plural أجواز (ʔajwāz))

  1. (rare) husband
    Synonym: زوج (zōj)

Etymology 3

From Arabic زَوَّجَ (zawwaja), with metathesis.

Pronunciation

Verb

جَوَّز (jawwaz) II (non-past يِجَوِّز (yijawwiz))

  1. (rare) (ditransitive) to marry off, to give in marriage
    Synonym: زَوَّج (zawwaj)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of جوز (jawwaz)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m جوزت (jawwazt) جوزت (jawwazt) جوز (jawwaz) جوزنا (jawwazna) جوزتوا (jawwaztu) جوزوا (jawwazu)
f جوزتي (jawwazti) جوزت (jawwazat)
non-past m أجوز (ʔajawwiz) تجوز (tijawwiz) يجوز (yijawwiz) نجوز (nijawwiz) تجوزوا (tijawwizu) يجوزوا (yijawwizu)
f تجوزي (tijawwizi) تجوز (tijawwiz)
imperative m جوز (jawwiz) جوزوا (jawwizu)
f جوزي (jawwizi)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَوْز (jawz), from Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭦 (gōz, walnut). Doublet of گوز. See Old Armenian ընկոյզ (ənkoyz) for etymology.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? jawz
Dari reading? jawz
Iranian reading? jowz
Tajik reading? javz

Noun

Dari جوز
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷавз

جوز (jowz) (plural جوزها (jowz-hâ))

  1. (archaic) walnut
    Synonyms: (Dari) چارمغز (čârmağz), (Iranian Persian) گردو (gerdu), گوز (gowz), گردکان (gerdekân)

Inflection

    Enclitic-attached forms of جوز (jowz) (Iranian Persian)
    Basic forms of جوز (jowz)
singular plural
bare جوز
(jowz)
جوزها
(jowz-hấ)
جوزا
(jowzấ)
definitive direct object جوز را
(jowz râ)
جوز رو
(jowzo)
جوزها را
(jowz-hấ râ)
جوزا رو
(jowzấ ro)
ezâfe جوز
(jowz-e)
جوزهای
(jowz-hấ-ye)
جوزای
(jowzấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite
جوزی
(jowz-i)
جوزهایی
(jowzấn-i, jowz-hấ-i)
جوزایی
(jowzấi)
Colloquial.
    Possessive forms of جوز (jowz)
singular plural
1st person singular
(“my”)
جوزم
(jowzam)
جوز‌هایم
(jowz-hấyam)
جوز‌هام، جوزام
(jowzấm)
2nd person singular
(“your”)
جوزت
(jowzat)

(jowzet)
جوز‌هایت
(jowz-hấyat)
جوز‌هات، جوزات
(jowzất)
3rd person singular
(“his, her, its”)
جوزش
(jowzaš)

(jowzeš)
جوز‌هایش
(jowz-hấyaš)
جوز‌هاش، جوزاش
(jowzấš)
1st plural
(“our”)
جوزمان
(jowzemân)
جوزمون
(jowzemun)
جوز‌هایمان
(jowz-hấyemân)
جوز‌هامون، جوزامون
(jowzấmun)
2nd plural
(“your”)
جوزتان
(jowzetân)
جوزتون
(jowzetun)
جوز‌هایتان
(jowz-hấyetân)
جوز‌هاتون، جوزاتون
(jowzấtun)
3rd plural
(“their”)
جوزشان
(jowzešân)
جوزشون
(jowzešun)
جوز‌هایشان
(jowz-hấyešân)
جوز‌هاشون، جوزاشون
(jowzấšun)
Colloquial.
    Predicative forms of جوز (jowz)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”)
جوزم
(jowzam)
جوزیم
(jowzim)
2nd person
(“you are”)
جوزی
(jowzi)
جوزید
(jowzid)
جوزین
(jowzin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”)
جوز است
(jowz ast)
جوزه
(jowze)
جوزند
(jowzand)
جوزن
(jowzan)
Colloquial.

Derived terms

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Arabic زَوْج (zawj) with metathesis.

Noun

جوز (jōzm (plural جواز (jwāz))

  1. pair
  2. husband
    Synonym: زوج (zōj)
See also

Etymology 2

From Arabic جَوْز (jawz).

Noun

جوز (jōzm (collective, singulative جوزة f (jōze), plural جوزات (jōzāt))

  1. nuts
Derived terms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جوز (jawz), from Arabic جَوْز (jawz), itself from Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭦 (gōz, walnut).

Pronunciation

Noun

جَوز (jauzm (Hindi spelling जौज़)

  1. walnut, nutmeg
    Synonym: اخروٹ

References

  • جوز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • جوز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.