جز

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See also: جر, حر, خر, خز, چر, and جڑ

Arabic

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جَزّ

Etymology 1

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Root
ج ز ز (j-z-z)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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جَزَّ (jazza) I, non-past يَجُزُّ‎ (yajuzzu)

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

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جَزّ (jazzm

  1. verbal noun of جَزَّ (jazza) (form I)
Declension
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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جُزْ (juz) (form I)

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

References

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  • 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

Persian

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (Jud az, except, apart from).

Preposition

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جز (joz)

  1. except
    جز این از هر کتابی خوشم می‌آد.
    Juz in az har ketâbi xošam mi-âd.
    I like every book except for this one.

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic جُزْء (juzʔ).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? juz
Dari reading? juz
Iranian reading? joz
Tajik reading? juz

Noun

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جز (joz)

  1. Alternative form of جُزْء (joz')
Inflection
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    Basic forms of جز (joz, joz')
bare جز, جزء
(joz, joz')
ezâfe جزء
(joz'-e)
marked indefinite
or relative definite
جزئی
(joz'-i)

Etymology 3

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Probably from Arabic جَزِيرَة (jazīra).

Noun

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جز (jaz)

  1. (archaic) island
    Synonym: جزیره (jazire)

References

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  • 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