جز

See also: جر, حر, خر, خز, چر, and جڑ

Arabic

جَزّ

Etymology 1

From the root ج ز ز (j-z-z).

Pronunciation

• Verb: IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaz.za/
• Noun: IPA^(key): /d͡ʒazz/

Verb

1. to shear, to prune, to cut down, to fleece
2. to slash, to gash
3. to mow; to churn up

Noun

جَزّ • (jazz) m

1. verbal noun of جَزَّ (jazza) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun جَزّ (jazz)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَزّ jazz	الْجَزّ al-jazz	جَزّ jazz
Nominative	جَزٌّ jazzun	الْجَزُّ al-jazzu	جَزُّ jazzu
Accusative	جَزًّا jazzan	الْجَزَّ al-jazza	جَزَّ jazza
Genitive	جَزٍّ jazzin	الْجَزِّ al-jazzi	جَزِّ jazzi

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

جُزْ • (juz) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of جَازَ (jāza)

References

• “جز” in Almaany
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “جز”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 272

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Arabic جَزِيرَة (jazīra).

Noun

جز • (jaz)

1. (rare) island

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [Term?]

Preposition

جز • (joz)

1. except

   جز این از هر کتابی خوشم می‌آد.

   Joz in az har ketâbi xošam mi-âd.

   I like every book except for this one.

Etymology 3

From Arabic جُزْء (juzʔ).

Alternative forms

• جزو (jozv)
• جزء (joz')

Noun

جز • (joz')

1. part

Inflection

Basic forms of جز (joz, joz')
bare	جز, جزء (joz, joz')
ezâfe	جزء (joz'-e)
marked indefinite or relative definite	جزئی (joz'-i)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “جز”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կղզի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press