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juz

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of thirty parts of varying length into which the Qur'an is sometimes divided.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: para

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic جُزْء (juzʔ).

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: xhyze — a part of the Qur'an
  • Arabic: جُزْء (juzʔ) — a part of the Qur'an
  • Avar: Жуз (Žuz) — a part of the Qur'an
  • Azerbaijani: cüz — a part of the Qur'an
  • Bengali: পারা (para) — a part of the Qur'an
  • Hindi: पारा (pārā) — a part of the Qur'an
  • Indonesian: juz — a part of the Qur'an
  • Japanese: ジュズウ — a part of the Qur'an
  • Central Kurdish: جزم (cizm) — a part of the Qur'an
  • Northern Kurdish: cuz — a part of the Qur'an
  • Macedonian: џуз (džuz) — a part of the Qur'an
  • Malay: juz — a part of the Qur'an
  • Persian: پاره (pâre) — a part of the Qur'an
  • Russian: Джуз (Džuz) — a part of the Qur'an
  • Spanish: ŷuzʼ — a part of the Qur'an
  • Turkish: cüz — a part of the Qur'an
  • Urdu: پاره (pāra) — a part of the Qur'an