جزا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَزَاء (jazāʔ, punishment).

Noun

جزا • (ceza)

  1. recompense, reward, return, an equivalent returned for anything given or done
    Synonyms: بدل (bedel), مكافات (mukafat)
  2. punishment, castigation, a penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime
    Synonyms: عقوبت (ʿukubet), مجازات (mucazat)
  3. (logic, grammar) apodosis, the consequential clause in a conditional sentence

Derived terms

  • جزاسنی بولمق (cezasını bulmak, to meet one's due reward or punishment)
  • جزاسنی ویرمك (cezasını virmek, to deal out to one his punishment)
  • جزالندرمق (cezalandırmak, to punish)
  • جزالنمق (cezalanmak, to be punished)
  • جزای سنمار (cezaî Sinimmar, reward of Sinimmar)
  • جزای شرط (cezaî şart, apodosis)

Descendants

  • Turkish: ceza
  • Armenian: ճէզա (čēza), ջա̈զա̈ (ǰäzä)

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَزَاء (jazāʔ).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? jazā
Dari reading? jazā
Iranian reading? jazâ
Tajik reading? jazo

Noun

Dari جزا
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷазо

جزا • (jazâ)

  1. punishment