Jaz

See also: jaz

English

Alternative forms

• Jas

Proper noun

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 (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.

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Polish

Etymology

From Polish jaz (“weir”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Jaz m pers or f

1. a masculine surname
2. a feminine surname

Declension

Masculine surname:

Declension of Jaz

	singular	plural
nominative	Jaz	Jazowie
genitive	Jaza	Jazów
dative	Jazowi	Jazom
accusative	Jaza	Jazów
instrumental	Jazem	Jazami
locative	Jazie	Jazach
vocative	Jazie	Jazowie

The feminine surname is indeclinable.