DZ

See also: dz, Dz, .dz, dź, dž, Dž, and DŽ

DZ U+01F1, DZ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER DZ ← ǰ [U+01F0] Latin Extended-B Dz → [U+01F2]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• DZ

Etymology 1

Taken from Berber ⴷⵣⴰⵢⵔ (dzayr) (ISO code).

Symbol

DZ

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Algeria.

   Synonym: DZA (alpha-3)

Etymology 2

Symbol

DZ

1. DZ, METAR code for drizzle.

English

Adjective

DZ (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of dizygotic.

Anagrams

• ZD

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.zɛd/

Noun

DZ

1. (slang) Algerian people

Slovene

Alternative forms

• Dz (etymology 1, see usage notes)

Etymology 1

A digraph of D and Z.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme, standard): IPA^(key): /d͡z/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /dzə́/, /dzèː/, /dzéː/
• Rhymes: -ə, -eː

Letter

DZ (upper case, lower case dz)

1. A digraph of Slovene letters D and Z.

Usage notes

This form of upper case letter is used only when writing in all caps. Otherwise, Dz is used.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of državni zbor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də́zə́/, /dèːzèː/, /déːzèː/, /dèːzè/, /déːzè/
• Rhymes: -ə, -eː

Noun

DZ m inan

1. (journalistic) national assembly
   • 2022, Dnevnik, V DZ naklonjeni predlagani noveli zakona o pomoči gospodarstvu‎^[1]:

     DZ je danes obravnaval predlog novele zakona o pomoči gospodarstvu zaradi visokih povišanj cen električne energije in zemeljskega plina, s katero se širi obseg pomoči.

     Today, the national assembly discussed the proposal of amendment to the law about the help for the economy because of the high price increases of energy and gas, with which the extent of the aid is being expanded.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of družinski zakonik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də́zə́/, /dèːzèː/, /déːzèː/, /dèːzè/, /déːzè/
• Rhymes: -ə, -eː

Noun

DZ m inan

1. (law) family code

Etymology 4

Abbreviation of delovni zvezek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də́zə́/
• Rhymes: -ə

Noun

DZ m inan

1. (school, slang) workbook

   Reševal boš naloge iz DZ, a ker tam ni dovolj prostora jih boš reševal v zvezek.

   You will be completing exercises from the workbook, but because there is not enough space, you will be completing them in notebook.

Inflection

• Overall more common

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	DZ
gen. sing.	DZ-ja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	DZ	DZ-ja	DZ-ji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	DZ-ja	DZ-jev	DZ-jev
dative (dajȃlnik)	DZ-ju	DZ-jema	DZ-jem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	DZ	DZ-ja	DZ-je
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	DZ-ju	DZ-jih	DZ-jih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	DZ-jem	DZ-jema	DZ-ji

• Less common, especially for etymology 4

Masculine inan., no endings
nom. sing.	DZ
gen. sing.	DZ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	DZ	DZ	DZ
accusative	DZ	DZ	DZ
genitive	DZ	DZ	DZ
dative	DZ	DZ	DZ
locative	DZ	DZ	DZ
instrumental	DZ	DZ	DZ

See also

• D
• Z
• Dz