English

Alternative forms

• Jas

Proper noun

Jaz

1. A diminutive of the female given name Jasmine, Janet, or Janette.
   • 1995 Shena Mackay, The Orchard on Fire, Heinemann (1996), ISBN 0434000671, 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

Noun

jaz m inan

1. weir

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *jězъ.

Noun

jȃz m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ја̑з)

1. abyss
2. (figuratively) gap

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂

Pronoun

jaz

1. (Chakavian, Kajkavian, regional) I

Synonyms

• ja (Standard)

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjás/
• Tonal orthography: jȁz

Pronoun

jàz

1. I

   Jaz sem Slovenec.‎

   I am Slovenian.

Declension

See also