Jaz

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See also: jaz, jaź, jaż, and jáz

English

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Proper noun

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Jaz

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Jasmine
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Janet or Janette
    • 1995, Shena Mackay, The Orchard on Fire, Heinemann, published 1996, →ISBN, page 5:
      I know, from picking up the post from the hall in the mornings, that Jaz has a mother in Northumbria who thinks her daughter's name is Janette. That jaunty z is but a wedge of lemon stuck into a bottle of beer.

Polish

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Etymology

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From Polish jaz (weir).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈjas/
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Syllabification: Jaz

Proper noun

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Jaz m pers

  1. a male surname

Declension

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Proper noun

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Jaz f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname

Further reading

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  • Jaz”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022