جهاز

See also: جہاز‎, چهار‎, and جهار‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ج ه ز‎ (j-h-z).

Pronunciation

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Noun

جِهَاز or جَهَاز • (jihāz or jahāz) m (plural أَجْهِزَة‎ (ʔajhiza))

1. equipment, device, appliances, outfit, gear, rig
2. implement, utensil, appliance, contrivance, gadget
3. installation, apparatus
4. (in the plural) system, apparatus

Declension

Declension of noun جِهَاز (jihāz)‎; جَهَاز (jahāz)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جِهَاز‎; جَهَاز jihāz‎; jahāz	الْجِهَاز‎‎; الْجَهَاز‎ al-jihāz‎; al-jahāz	جِهَاز‎; جَهَاز jihāz‎; jahāz
Nominative	جِهَازٌ‎; جَهَازٌ jihāzun‎; jahāzun	الْجِهَازُ‎‎; الْجَهَازُ‎ al-jihāzu‎; al-jahāzu	جِهَازُ‎; جَهَازُ jihāzu‎; jahāzu
Accusative	جِهَازًا‎‎; جَهَازًا‎ jihāzan‎; jahāzan	الْجِهَازَ‎‎; الْجَهَازَ‎ al-jihāza‎; al-jahāza	جِهَازَ‎; جَهَازَ jihāza‎; jahāza
Genitive	جِهَازٍ‎; جَهَازٍ jihāzin‎; jahāzin	الْجِهَازِ‎‎; الْجَهَازِ‎ al-jihāzi‎; al-jahāzi	جِهَازِ‎; جَهَازِ jihāzi‎; jahāzi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جِهَازَيْن‎‎; جَهَازَيْن‎ jihāzayn‎; jahāzayn	الْجِهَازَيْن‎‎; الْجَهَازَيْن‎ al-jihāzayn‎; al-jahāzayn	جِهَازَيْ‎‎; جَهَازَيْ‎ jihāzay‎; jahāzay
Nominative	جِهَازَانِ‎‎; جَهَازَانِ‎ jihāzāni‎; jahāzāni	الْجِهَازَانِ‎‎; الْجَهَازَانِ‎ al-jihāzāni‎; al-jahāzāni	جِهَازَا‎‎; جَهَازَا‎ jihāzā‎; jahāzā
Accusative	جِهَازَيْنِ‎‎; جَهَازَيْنِ‎ jihāzayni‎; jahāzayni	الْجِهَازَيْنِ‎‎; الْجَهَازَيْنِ‎ al-jihāzayni‎; al-jahāzayni	جِهَازَيْ‎‎; جَهَازَيْ‎ jihāzay‎; jahāzay
Genitive	جِهَازَيْنِ‎‎; جَهَازَيْنِ‎ jihāzayni‎; jahāzayni	الْجِهَازَيْنِ‎‎; الْجَهَازَيْنِ‎ al-jihāzayni‎; al-jahāzayni	جِهَازَيْ‎‎; جَهَازَيْ‎ jihāzay‎; jahāzay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَجْهِزَة‎ ʔajhiza	الْأَجْهِزَة‎ al-ʔajhiza	أَجْهِزَة‎ ʔajhizat
Nominative	أَجْهِزَةٌ‎ ʔajhizatun	الْأَجْهِزَةُ‎ al-ʔajhizatu	أَجْهِزَةُ‎ ʔajhizatu
Accusative	أَجْهِزَةً‎ ʔajhizatan	الْأَجْهِزَةَ‎ al-ʔajhizata	أَجْهِزَةَ‎ ʔajhizata
Genitive	أَجْهِزَةٍ‎ ʔajhizatin	الْأَجْهِزَةِ‎ al-ʔajhizati	أَجْهِزَةِ‎ ʔajhizati

Descendants

• → Kazakh: жиһаз (jihaz)
• → Pashto: جهاز‎ (jahâz)
• → Persian: جهاز‎ (jahâz) (see there for further descendants)
• → Portuguese: jaez
• → Spanish: jaez
• → Swahili: jahazi
• → Turkish: cihaz
• → Uzbek: jihoz

 

See also

• أَدَاة‎ f (ʔadāh)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “جهز”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَهَاز‎ (jahāz).

Noun

جهاز • (jahâz) m

1. (obsolete, rare) ship

   Synonym: بېړۍ‎ (beṛëy)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَهَاز‎ (jahāz).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒa.ˈhɑːz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.ɦɑ́ːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.ɦɑ́ːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑːɑ́ːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔːɔ́ːz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæ.ɦɒ́ːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.ɦɔ́z]

Readings
Classical reading?	jahāz
Dari reading?	jahāz
Iranian reading?	jahâz
Tajik reading?	jahoz

Noun

جهاز • (jahâz)

1. ship

Descendants

• → Baluchi: جہاز‎ (jaház)
• → Bengali: জাহাজ (jahaj)
• → Brahui: جاز‎ (jâza)
• → Gujarati: જહાજ (jahāj)

  Hindustani:

  • Hindi: जहाज़ (jahāz)

    Urdu: جہاز‎

  • → Kashmiri:
    Arabic script: جَہاز‎ (jahāz)
    Devanagari script: जहाज़ (jahāz)
  • → Marathi: जहाज (jahāj)
  • → Nepali: जहाज (jahāj)
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਜਹਾਜ਼ (jahāz)
    Shahmukhi script: جَہاز‎ (jahāz)
  • → Sindhi:
    Devanagari script: जहाज़ु
    Arabic script: جھازُ‎

 

Sindhi

Etymology

From Classical Persian جهاز‎ (jahāz), from Arabic جَهَاز‎ (jahāz). Compare Urdu جہاز‎ (jahāz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɟaɦɑːzʊ]

Noun

جهاز (jahāzu) m (Devanagari जहाज़ु)

1. ship.

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج ه ز‎
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جِهَاز‎ (jihāz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.haːz/, [ʒɪˈhæːz]
• IPA^(key): /ʒhaːz/, [ʒhæːz]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

جهاز • (jihāz, jhāz) m (plural أجهزة‎ (ʔajhize))

1. appliance, device

   Synonym: آلة‎ (ʔāle)

   ‏جهاز التلفزيون‎‎ ― jihāz it-talfizyōn ― television set

   ‏جهاز توقيت‎‎ ― jihāz tawqīt ― timer, time switch

2. system, apparatus

   ‏الجهاز الدموي‎‎ ― il-jihāz id-damawi ― the bloodstream, the circulatury system

   ‏الجهاز الحكومي‎‎ ― il-jihāz il-ḥukūmi ― the apparatus of the government

3. equipment, gear

   ‏جهاز العروس‎‎ ― jihāz il-ʕarūs ― trousseau