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jas
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jas (plural jasse, diminutive jassie)
- → Lozi: jansi
- → Yeyi: újànsí
- → Southern Ndebele: ijasi
- → Swazi: lijazi
- → Xhosa: idyasi
- → Zulu: ijazi
jas m inan
- “jas”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “jas”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “jas”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
Origin unknown. Compare West Frisian jas (“coat, jacket”), Saterland Frisian Jasse (“jacket”), Middle Low German jesse, gesse (“a man's garment, doublet, jacket”).
jas m (plural jassen, diminutive jasje n)
- Afrikaans: jas
- → Aukan: yasi
- → Caribbean Javanese: jas, yas
- → Indonesian: jas
- → Petjo: djas
- → Papiamentu: yas, jas
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jas m (plural jassen, diminutive jasje n)
- (card games, archaic) a jack or knave, especially as a trump card
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
jas
- inflection of jassen:

From Occitan jatz, from Vulgar Latin *jacium, from jacēre, jaceō. Compare gésir (“to lie, to be buried”) and gîte (“lodging”).
jas m (invariable)
- “jas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
jas (construction) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒas/ [ˈd͡ʒas]
- Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: jas
jas (plural jas-jas)
- “jas”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
jas
- what
- which
- Christenson, Allen J. (2003), Kʼicheʼ-English dictionary and Guide to the pronunciation of the Kʼicheʼ-Maya alphabet[1], Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, →OCLC
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