جواز

Arabic

Root
ج و ز (j-w-z)

Etymology 1

Compare جَوَّزَ (jawwaza, to allow), جَازَ (jāza, to pass).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.waːz/
  • Rhymes: -aːz

Noun

جَوَاز • (jawāz) m (plural جَوَازَات (jawāzāt) or أَجْوِزَة (ʔajwiza))

  1. verbal noun of جَازَ (jāza) (form I)
  2. lawfulness
  3. allowableness
  4. passage
  5. transit
  6. passport
Declension
Derived terms
References

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.waːz/
  • Rhymes: -aːz

Noun

جِوَاز • (jiwāz) m

  1. verbal noun of جَاوَزَ (jāwaza) (form III)
Declension

Egyptian Arabic

Root
ج و ز
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic زَوَاج (zawāj), with metathesis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡæwæːz/

Noun

جواز • (gawāz) m (plural جوازات (gawazāt))

  1. marriage
  2. wedding
    Synonym: عرس (ʕurs)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ج و ز
1 term

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.waːz/

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Arabic جَوَاز (jawāz).

Noun

جواز • (jawāz) m (plural جوازات (jawāzāt))

  1. passport
    Synonym: جَوَاز سَفَر (jawāz safar)

Etymology 2

From Arabic زَوَاج (zawāj), with metathesis.

Noun

جواز • (jawāz) m (plural جوازات (jawāzāt))

  1. (rare) marriage
  2. (rare) wedding
    Synonym: زواج (zawāj)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جواز (javāz), from Arabic جَوَاز (jawāz).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.ʋɑːz/, [d͡ʒə.wɑːz]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːz
  • Hyphenation: جَ‧واز

Noun

جَوَاز • (javāz) m (Hindi spelling जवाज़)

  1. justification (ie. lawfulness)
    • 1995, حسرت کاسگنجوی [Ḥasrat Kāsganjvī], شگوفے: انشائيے, →OCLC, page 144:
      اور جو بات نہیں ماننی ہوتی اس کے لیے کوئی جواز پیش کر دیتے ہیں دراصل یہ جواز جھوٹ پر مبنی ہوتا ہے۔
      aur jo bāt nahī̃ mānnī hotī us ke lie koī javāz peś kar dete ha͠i dar asl ye javāz jhūṭ par mabnī hotā hai.
      And he giveس a justification for whatever he does not wish to accept, but in actual fact that justification is based on lies.

Declension

Declension of جواز
singular plural
direct جَوَاز (javāz) جَوَاز (javāz)
oblique جَوَاز (javāz) جَوَازوں (javāzō̃)
vocative جَوَاز (javāz) جَوَازو (javāzō)

Further reading

  • جواز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • جواز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جواز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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