# biz
## English
### Etymology

Clipping of business.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɪz/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪz

### Noun

biz (countable and uncountable, plural bizzes)
* (slang) Business, especially showbusiness.
** 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Illium:Conrad Verner: So, you're alive, huh? I hear it goes like that in the biz. Why don't you sit back and watch how it's done? I've got some asses to kick.

#### Derived terms

* bizbabble
* bizjet
* bizness
* bizspeak
* bizzo

#### See also

* showbiz

### Anagrams

* ZiB

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bi-ŕ, *bẹ-. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰕 (b²iz /⁠biz⁠/, “we”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

biz
* we

#### Derived terms

* bizimki

### Noun

biz (definite accusative bizi, plural bizlər)
* awl

#### Declension
## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bis̻/ [bis̻]
* IPA: (most dialects) /bis̻/ [bis̻]
* IPA: (Biscayan) /bis̺/ [bis̺]
* Rhymes: -is̻
* Rhymes: -is̻
* Rhymes: -is̺
* Hyphenation: biz

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

biz
* Third-person singular (hura) present imperative form of izan.
    Synonym: bedi

##### Usage notes

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edin instead of izan.

### Etymology 2
#### Numeral

biz
* instrumental indefinite of bi

## Breton
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bistis.

### Noun

biz m (plural bizied)
* finger
* hand (of a clock)

#### Derived terms

* bizou (“ring”)
** → French: bijou

## Crimean Tatar
### Pronoun

biz
* we

#### Declension
### Noun

biz
* awl, bit

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

## Gagauz
### Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bi-ŕ. Cognate with Turkish biz, Azerbaijani biz, Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰕 (b²iz /⁠biz⁠/, “we”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /biz/

### Pronoun

biz
* we

## Karaim
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *biŕ.

### Pronoun

biz
* we

### References

* N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “biz”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

## Karakalpak
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *biŕ. Cognate to Turkish biz.

### Pronoun

biz
* we

### References

* Baskakov-Karapalpaksko-Russkiy Slovar

## Khalaj

| Perso-Arabic | Perso-Arabic | بیز |

### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *biŕ (“we”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɪz]
* (Xarrâbî) IPA: [bɪz]

### Pronoun

biz
* we

#### See also
### References

* Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
* Doerfer, Gerhard (1988) Grammatik des Chaladsch [Grammar of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, →OCLC

## Middle High German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈbiːs/

### Verb

bīȥ
* second-person singular present imperative of bīȥen

## Old High German
### Verb

bīȥ
* second-person singular present imperative of bīȥan

## Turkish
### Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish بز (biz), from Proto-Turkic *bi-ŕ, *bẹ- (“we”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰕 (b²iz /⁠biz⁠/), Chuvash эпир (ep̬ir, “we”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /biz/

#### Pronoun

biz
* we (subject form)

##### Declension

* It is one of the two words that have irregular genitive case declension. (The other word is ben that has also irregular dative case declension. Also, sen has irregular dative case declension.)

#### See also
### Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish بیز (biz), from Proto-Turkic *bińŕ. Cognate with Kazakh біз (bız, “awl”).

#### Noun

biz
* awl

## Turkmen
### Pronoun

biz
* (personal) we

### See also
## Yatzachi Zapotec
### Noun

biz
* cat

## Zhuang
### Etymology

From Proto-Tai *bwiːᴬ (“fat”), from Middle Chinese 肥 (MC bj+j, “fat”). Cognate with Thai พี (pii), Lao ພີ (phī), Lü ᦗᦲ (pii), Shan ပီး (píi), Ahom 𑜆𑜣 (pī).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /pi˧˩/
* Tone numbers: bi$^2$
* Hyphenation: biz

### Adjective

biz (Sawndip forms 𰮿 or 䏢 or 䏟 or 𭽮 or ⿱比肥 or ⿰𦟋皮 or 胚, 1957–1982 spelling biƨ)
* fat; chubby
* (of meat) fatty
* fertile; rich

## Zoogocho Zapotec
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish biz (“cat”), originally an interjection used to call a cat. C.f. English puss.

### Noun

biz
* cat

#### Derived terms

* biz yix̱eꞌ

### References

* Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 18