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.

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, first-person possessive juzku, second-person possessive juzmu, third-person possessive juznya)

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, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic 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, informal 1st possessive juzku, 2nd possessive juzmu, 3rd possessive juznya)

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 | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.