ياز

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /jɑz/

Uncertain.

• Possibly from Arabic جَازَ (jāza, “to be possible, to happen”), but the semantic inversion is questionable.
• Possibly from Arabic عَجَزَ (ʕajaza, “to be unable, to be powerless”), but the phonetic development — especially considering an intermediate form *عَيَز (“*ʕayaz”) impf. *يَعْيُز (“*yaʕyuz”) — is dubious.

ياز • (yaz) (imperfective يُّوز (yyuz))

1. to cease, stop, give up (a habit etc)

   بو طبيع ما يوز عن طبعه ― Old habits die hard (Kuwaiti proverbs)

   هالولد ما يوز عن سوالفه ― this boy won't stop doing his [long-time] acts

ياز • (yaz)

1. (with لـ (l-)) to appeal to

   ما يازتلي هالماركة ― this brand did not appeal to me (I did not find it good)

From Proto-Turkic *jāj (“summer”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur y՚y (yay, “summer”); Tatar җәй (cäy), Kyrgyz жай (jay), Kumyk яй (yay), Southern Altai јай (ǰay), Azerbaijani yay, Khakas чайғы (çayğı), Shor чайғы (“summer”), Yakut сайын (sayın, “summer”), Bashkir йәй (yəy, “summer”), etc.

ياز • (yaz)

1. summer

ياز • (yaz)

1. imperative of يازماق (yazmaq)