juz

See also: juž, już, and juz'

English

Alternative forms

• juz'

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic جُزْء (juzʔ).

Noun

juz (plural ajza)

1. (Islam) Any of thirty parts of varying length into which the Qur'an is sometimes divided.

   Synonym: para

Translations

a part of the Qur'an

• Albanian: xhyze
• Arabic: جُزْء (ar) m (juzʔ)
• Avar: Жуз (Žuz)
• Azerbaijani: cüz
• Bengali: পারা (bn) (para)
• Hindi: पारा (hi) (pārā)
• Indonesian: juz (id)
• Japanese: ジュズウ
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: جزم (cizm)

  Northern Kurdish: cuz (ku)

• Macedonian: џуз m (džuz)
• Malay: juz (ms)
• Persian: پاره (fa) (pâre)
• Russian: Джуз (Džuz)
• Spanish: ŷuzʼ
• Turkish: cüz (tr)
• Urdu: پاره m (pāra)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay juz, from Arabic جُزْء (juzʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒʊz/
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒʊz, -ʊz, -z
• Hyphenation: juz

Noun

juz (plural juz-juz)

1. (Islam) juz: any of thirty parts of varying length into which the Qur'an is sometimes divided

Alternative forms

• jus

Derived terms

• juz amma

Further reading

• “juz”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جُزْء (juzʔ). Doublet of juzuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuz/
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒuz, -uz
• Hyphenation: juz

Noun

juz (Jawi spelling جزء, plural juz-juz or juz²)

1. (Islam) A juz: any of thirty parts of varying length into which the Qur'an is sometimes divided.

   Synonym: juzuk

   juz 5 ― juz no. 5

Derived terms

• juz Amma

Descendants

• Indonesian: juz, jus

Further reading

• "juz" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "juz" at PRPM first version)

Polish

Hughes telegraph

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈjus/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Lasovia) IPA^(key): [ˈjus]

• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: juz

Etymology 1

Named after British-American inventor David Edward Hughes.

Noun

juz m inan

1. (historical, colloquial) printing telegraph

   Synonym: telegraf Hughesa

Declension

Declension of juz

	singular	plural
nominative	juz	juzy
genitive	juzu	juzów
dative	juzowi	juzom
accusative	juz	juzy
instrumental	juzem	juzami
locative	juzie	juzach
vocative	juzie	juzy

Derived terms

noun

• juzista

Etymology 2

See już.

Particle

juz

1. (Lasovia) alternative form of już

Further reading

• “juz”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Oskar Kolberg (1865), “juz”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 262