Jaz

See also: jaz, jaź, jaż, and jáz

English

Alternative forms

• Jas

Proper noun

Jaz

1. A diminutive of the female given name Jasmine
2. A diminutive of the female given name Janet or Janette
   • 1995, Shena Mackay, The Orchard on Fire, Heinemann, published 1996, →ISBN, page 5:

     I know, from picking up the post from the hall in the mornings, that Jaz has a mother in Northumbria who thinks her daughter's name is Janette. That jaunty z is but a wedge of lemon stuck into a bottle of beer.

Polish

Etymology

From Polish jaz (“weir”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjas/
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: Jaz

Proper noun

Jaz m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Jaz

	singular	plural
nominative	Jaz	Jazowie
genitive	Jaza	Jazów
dative	Jazowi	Jazom
accusative	Jaza	Jazów
instrumental	Jazem	Jazami
locative	Jazie	Jazach
vocative	Jazie	Jazowie

Proper noun

Jaz f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Further reading

• “Jaz”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022