جزاء

See also: خراء

Arabic

Root
ج ز ي (j z y)
9 terms

Etymology 1

Verbal noun of the verb جَزَى (jazā, “to repay, reward, punish”), from the root ج ز ي (j z y).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.zaːʔ/

Noun

جَزَاء • (jazāʔ) m

1. verbal noun of جَزَى (jazā, “to repay, reward, punish”) (form I)
2. repayment
3. recompense, return
   • هَلْ جَزَاءُ الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ؟

     hal jazāʔu al-ʔiḥsāni ʔillā l-ʔiḥsānu?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   1. punishment, penalty
4. compensation, set-off
5. amends, reparation

Declension

Declension of noun جَزَاء (jazāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَزَاء jazāʔ	الْجَزَاء al-jazāʔ	جَزَاء jazāʔ
Nominative	جَزَاءٌ jazāʔun	الْجَزَاءُ al-jazāʔu	جَزَاءُ jazāʔu
Accusative	جَزَاءً jazāʔan	الْجَزَاءَ al-jazāʔa	جَزَاءَ jazāʔa
Genitive	جَزَاءٍ jazāʔin	الْجَزَاءِ al-jazāʔi	جَزَاءِ jazāʔi

Derived terms

• اَلْجَزَاءُ مِنْ جِنْسِ الْعَمَلِ (al-jazāʔu min jinsi l-ʕamali)

Related terms

• تجزيَة
• جزائي
• جِزْيَة (jizya)
• مجازاة

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: cəza
• → Bengali: জাজা (jaja)
• → Northern Kurdish: ceza
• → Persian: جزا
• → Ottoman Turkish: جزا (cezā)

  > Turkish: ceza (inherited)

  Crimean Tatar: ceza

• → Swahili: jaza
• → Turkmen: jeza
• → Uyghur: جازا (jaza)
• → Uzbek: jazo
• → Zazaki: ceza

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.zaːʔ/

Noun

جِزَاء • (jizāʔ) f pl

1. plural of جِزْيَة (jizya)