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 (“*ʿayaz”) impf. ⁧*يَعْيُز⁩ (“*yaʿyuz”) — 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)