جزء

Arabic

Root
ج ز ء (j-z-ʔ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuzʔ/

Noun

جُزْء • (juzʔ) m (plural أَجْزَاء (ʔajzāʔ))

1. part, portion, piece
2. constituent, component
3. fraction
4. division
5. section, segment
6. (Islam) juz’ (thirtieth part of the Qur'an, the prescribed amount to be read each day of the month of Ramadan)

Declension

Declension of noun جُزْء (juzʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جُزْء juzʔ	الْجُزْء al-juzʔ	جُزْء juzʔ
Nominative	جُزْءٌ juzʔun	الْجُزْءُ al-juzʔu	جُزْءُ juzʔu
Accusative	جُزْءًا juzʔan	الْجُزْءَ al-juzʔa	جُزْءَ juzʔa
Genitive	جُزْءٍ juzʔin	الْجُزْءِ al-juzʔi	جُزْءِ juzʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جُزْأَيْن juzʔayn	الْجُزْأَيْن al-juzʔayn	جُزْأَيْ juzʔay
Nominative	جُزْآنِ juzʔāni	الْجُزْآنِ al-juzʔāni	جُزْآ juzʔā
Accusative	جُزْأَيْنِ juzʔayni	الْجُزْأَيْنِ al-juzʔayni	جُزْأَيْ juzʔay
Genitive	جُزْأَيْنِ juzʔayni	الْجُزْأَيْنِ al-juzʔayni	جُزْأَيْ juzʔay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَجْزَاء ʔajzāʔ	الْأَجْزَاء al-ʔajzāʔ	أَجْزَاء ʔajzāʔ
Nominative	أَجْزَاءٌ ʔajzāʔun	الْأَجْزَاءُ al-ʔajzāʔu	أَجْزَاءُ ʔajzāʔu
Accusative	أَجْزَاءً ʔajzāʔan	الْأَجْزَاءَ al-ʔajzāʔa	أَجْزَاءَ ʔajzāʔa
Genitive	أَجْزَاءٍ ʔajzāʔin	الْأَجْزَاءِ al-ʔajzāʔi	أَجْزَاءِ ʔajzāʔi

Descendants

• → Albanian: xhyze
• → Avar: Жуз (Žuz)
• → Azerbaijani: cüz
• → Japanese: ジュズ
• → Ottoman Turkish: جزء (cüz'), جزؤ (cüz')
  • Turkish: cüz
• → Classical Persian: جُزْء (juz'), جز (joz)
  • → Bengali: জুজ (juz)
  • → Chagatai: جزء
    • Uyghur: جۈز (jüz)
    • Uzbek: juz
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਜੁਜ਼ (juz)

    Shahmukhi script: جز (juz)

• → Macedonian: џуз (džuz)
• → Malay: juz, juzuk
  • Indonesian: juz, jus
• → Russian: Джуз (Džuz)

See also

• حِزْب (ḥizb)

Malay

Noun

جزء (plural جزء-جزء or جزء۲, informal 1st possessive جزءکو, 2nd possessive جزءمو, 3rd possessive جزءڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of juz.

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• جزؤ (cüz')

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جُزْء (juzʔ).

Noun

جزء • (cüz') (plural اجزا (ecza))

1. part, portion, piece
2. installment, fascicle
3. atom (indivisible part)
4. (Islam) juz' (thirtieth of Koran)

Descendants

• Turkish: cüz

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “cüz”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جزء”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 439b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جزؤ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 440a

Persian

Alternative forms

• جز (joz)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جُزْء (juzʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuzʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊzʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊzʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuz]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒozʔ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒozʔ]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒoz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuzʔ]

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

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Noun

Dari	جزء
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷузъ

جُزء • (joz') (plural اجزا (ajzâ))

1. part, piece

Descendants

• → Bengali: জুজ (juz)
• → Chagatai: جزء
  • Uyghur: جۈز (jüz)
  • Uzbek: juz
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਜੁਜ਼ (juz)

  Shahmukhi script: جز (juz)