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
    Derived terms
    • جوزية (jōziyya, a dessert that resembles a 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.