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جَوَّز

[d͡ʒaw.waz]

verb

LanguageHijazi Arabic (Saudi Arabia)

Meaning
  1. (ditransitive) to marry off
  2. to give in marriage
  3. to marry off
  4. To arrange for someone, usually a son or daughter, to get married.
Examples

الأب جوّز بنته الشهر اللي فات.

The father married off his daughter last month.

Pronunciationd͡ʒaw.waz

Part of speechverb

Usage noteUsed when a parent or guardian arranges or oversees the marriage of someone else.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.