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جاز
to be permissible, to be allowed /ˈdʒaː.za/
verbB2#3544 most common
Also: to pass, go past, to cross, go through, to be valid, correct
Example sentences
هل يجوز هذا؟
Is this allowed?
لا يجوز الدخول من هنا.
Entering from here is not allowed.
جاز له أن يترك العمل مبكراً.
He was permitted to leave work early.
يجوز للمسافر أن يقصر الصلاة.
The traveler is permitted to shorten the prayer.
جازت شهادتها أمام القاضي.
Her testimony was accepted as valid before the judge.
لا يجوز التحايل على القانون بذرائع واهية.
Circumventing the law with flimsy pretexts is not permissible.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أجوز | جزت | سأجوز |
| 2sg | تجوز | جزت | ستجوز |
| 3sg | يجوز | جاز | سيجوز |
| 1pl | نجوز | جزنا | سنجوز |
| 2pl | تجوزون | جزتم | ستجوزون |
| 3pl | يجوزون | جازوا | سيجوزون |
Word family
جوازpassport; permissibility
إجازةvacation; license
مجازmetaphor; passage
أجازto permit, to authorize
جائزpermissible, allowable
Etymology
جاز comes from the Arabic root ج-و-ز (j-w-z), a Semitic triliteral root built around the idea of passing through or by something. The same root gives جوز, meaning the waist or middle, the part of the body a belt passes around. Because something judged sound is said to pass a test, the verb picked up a second sense, to be permissible or valid, alongside its older, literal sense of crossing or going past. Both senses stay active side by side in Modern Standard Arabic today.
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