ياز

See also: یار

Gulf Arabic

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /jɑz/

Etymology 1

Uncertain.

• Possibly from Arabic جَازَ (jāza, “to be possible, to happen”), but the semantic inversion is questionable.
• Possibly from Arabic عَجَزَ (ʕajaza, “to be unable, to be powerless”), but the phonetic development — especially considering an intermediate form *عَيَز (“*ʿayaz”) impf. *يَعْيُز (“*yaʿyuz”) — is dubious.

Verb

ياز • (yaz) (imperfective يُّوز (yyuz))

1. to cease, stop, give up (a habit etc)

   بو طبيع ما يوز عن طبعه ― Old habits die hard (Kuwaiti proverbs)

   هالولد ما يوز عن سوالفه ― this boy won't stop doing his [long-time] acts

Etymology 2

Verb

ياز • (yaz)

1. (with لـ (l-)) to appeal to

   ما يازتلي هالماركة ― this brand did not appeal to me (I did not find it good)

Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *jāj (“summer”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur y՚y (yay, “summer”); Tatar җәй (cäy), Kyrgyz жай (jay), Kumyk яй (yay), Southern Altai јай (ǰay), Azerbaijani yay, Khakas чайғы (çayğı), Shor чайғы (“summer”), Yakut сайын (sayın, “summer”), Bashkir йәй (yəy, “summer”), etc.

Noun

ياز • (yaz)

1. summer

See also

Seasons in Uyghur · پەسىللەر (pesiller) (layout · text) · category
ئەتىياز (etiyaz, “spring”) باھار (bahar, “spring”)	ياز (yaz, “summer”)	كۈز (küz, “autumn”)	قىش (qish, “winter”)

Verb

ياز • (yaz)

1. imperative of يازماق (yazmaq)