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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay juz, from Arabic جُزْء (juzʔ).[1]

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

Derived terms
  • juz amma

References
  1. Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

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
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