جزف

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of taking or selling something in bulk, without precise measurement or weighing. It implies a degree of estimation, speculation, or even a lack of exact knowledge regarding quantity, often associated with a more casual or less precise transaction.

Derived headwords

جَزَفَverb

1.
to take in bulkboth
To take something in large quantities, without precise measurement.
2.
to be excessiveclassical
To be abundant or excessive, particularly in giving or measuring.

الجَزْفnoun

1.
taking in bulkboth
The act of taking something in large quantities, without precise measurement or weighing.
2.
unknown quantityclassical
Something whose quantity is unknown, whether it is measured by volume or weight.

جَزَافًاadverb

1.
in bulkboth
In a manner of taking or selling something without weighing or measuring it; in large, unquantified amounts.

جَزَافnoun

1.
bulk sale/purchaseboth
The act of selling or buying something without weighing or measuring it; a transaction based on estimation rather than exact quantity.
2.
unknown quantityclassical
Something whose quantity is unknown, whether measured by volume or weight.

الجَزَافَةnoun

1.
bulk sale/purchaseboth
The act of selling or buying something without weighing or measuring it; a transaction based on estimation rather than exact quantity.

جَزِيفًاadjective

1.
sold in bulkclassical
Describing something that was sold without being weighed or measured, implying an unquantified or estimated amount.

اجْتَزَفَverb

1.
to buy in bulkclassical
To purchase something in a 'jazaf' manner, meaning without precise weighing or measuring.

Parallel reading

الأخذ بالكثرة

Taking in abundance.

وجزف له في الكيل: أكثر

And he gave him abundantly in the measure: he gave more.

الجزف أخذ الشيء مجازفة وجزافا

Al-jazf is taking something speculatively and in bulk.

فارسي معرب

A Persian word Arabized.

ابتاعوا الطعام جزافا

They bought the food in bulk.

الجزاف والجزف: المجهول القدر

Al-jazaf and al-jazf: the unknown quantity.

مكيلا كان أو موزونا

Whether it was measured by volume or weighed.

بيعك الشيء واشتراكه بلا وزن ولا كيل

Your selling and buying something without weighing or measuring.

وهو يرجع إلى المساهلة

And it refers to leniency or casualness.

وهو دخيل

And it is an adopted word.

تقول: بعته بالجزاف والجزافة

You say: I sold it by bulk and by the bulk sale.

فأقبل منه طوال الذرى، ... كأن عليهن بيعا جزيفا

So he accepted from him the tall peaks, ... as if upon them was a sale in bulk.

أراد طعاما بيع جزافا بغير كيل، يصف سحابا

He meant food sold in bulk without measure, describing clouds.

اجتزفت الشيء اجتزافا إذا شريته جزافا

I bought something in bulk if you bought it in bulk.