Arabic

Verb

جُزْ • ‎(juz) ‎(form I)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of جَازَ ‎(jāza)

Persian

Etymology 1

From Arabic جَزِيرَة ‎(jazīra).

Noun

جز • ‎(jaz)

1. (rare) island

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian

Preposition

جز • ‎(joz)

1. except

   جز این از هر کتابی خوشم می‌آد.

   Joz in az har ketâbi xošam mi-âd.

   I like every book except for this one.

Etymology 3

From Arabic جُزْء ‎(juzʾ).

Alternative forms

• جزو ‎(jozv)
• جزء ‎(joz')

Noun

جز • ‎(joz')

1. part

Inflection

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “جز”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “կղզի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935