tez

See also: też, téz, TEZ, téż, and též

Translingual

Symbol

tez

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tetserret.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tetserret terms

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		тез
Arabic		تئز

Etymology

Reborrowed from Classical Persian تیز (tēz), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *teŕ-, doublet of Azerbaijani təzmək. Cognate with Crimean Tatar tez, Kazakh тез (tez), Tatar тиз (tiz), Uzbek tez, Chuvash тар (tar, “to run away”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tez]

• Audio (Baku):

  (file)

Adjective

tez (comparative daha tez, superlative ən tez)

1. quick, fast

   Synonyms: cəld, iti

   Antonym: yavaş

   tez olmaq ― to hurry, to be quick

   Tez ol, gecikirik! ― Be quick, we are late!

Adverb

tez

1. quickly

   Antonyms: gec, yavaş, yavaş-yavaş

   Vaxt tez keçir ― Time passes quickly

2. too early, premature

   Antonym: gec

   Bunu etmək hələ tezdir, gözləyək ― It's still too early to do this, let's wait

   • 2014 September 11, “Aydın Mirzəzadə: “Hələ tezdir””, in Ann.az‎^[2]:

     Çox təəssüf ki, Ukrayna böhranının sona çatdığından danışmaq hələ tezdir

     Unfortunately, it is still premature to talk about Ukraine coming out of the crisis.

3. early

   Synonym: səhər-səhər (“early in the morning”)

   Antonym: gec

   Səhər tezdən evdən çıxmaq ― To leave [home] early in the morning

Derived terms

• tezbazar (“quickly”)
• tezlik (“quickness, frequency”)
  • tezliklə (“soon”)
• tez-tez (“often”)

References

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “tez”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[3] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 4, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 279
• Altun Kitab (2013–), “tez”, in Azleks

Basque

Noun

tez

1. instrumental indefinite of te

Bukhari

Etymology

Etymology tree

Classical Persian تیز (tēz)

Tajik тез (tez)

Bukhari tez

Inherited from Tajik тез (tez).

Adjective

tez (Cyrillic spelling тез)

1. sharp

References

• Kimyagarov, Amnun; Kimyagarova, Zoya (2010), Short English - Russian - Bukharian Jewish Dictionary, New York: International Academy for Development Technologies, →ISBN, page 38

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Maybe from Latin aptus via a form *aptitia. Cognate with Spanish tez.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈte(j)s/ [ˈte(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈte(j)s/ [ˈte(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈte(j)ʃ/ [ˈte(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈteʃ/

• Hyphenation: tez
• Homophone: tês

Noun

tez f (plural tezes)

1. complexion (appearance of the skin on the face)

Further reading

• “tez”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tez”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain; Corominas and Pascual suggest a reduction of a hypothetical *atez, ultimately derived from Latin aptus, via the Vulgar Latin *aptitiēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteθ/ [ˈt̪eθ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈtes/ [ˈt̪es] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eθ (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -es (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: tez
• Homophones: tes, (Latin America) tés

Noun

tez f (plural teces)

1. complexion

   Synonyms: semblante, aspecto

Derived terms

• atezar

Further reading

• “tez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tatar

Noun

tez

1. knee

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtez/

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis)bor.

Latin thesis

French thèsebor.

Turkish tez

Borrowed from French thèse, from Latin thesis, borrowed from Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis, “a proposition, a statement, a thing laid down, thesis in rhetoric, thesis in prosody”). Doublet of tema.

Noun

tez (definite accusative tezi, plural tezler)

1. essay
2. thesis

Declension

Declension of tez

singular plural nominative tez tezler definite accusative tezi tezleri dative teze tezlere locative tezde tezlerde ablative tezden tezlerden genitive tezin tezlerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular tezim tezlerim 2nd singular tezin tezlerin 3rd singular tezi tezleri 1st plural tezimiz tezlerimiz 2nd plural teziniz tezleriniz 3rd plural tezleri tezleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular tezimi tezlerimi 2nd singular tezini tezlerini 3rd singular tezini tezlerini 1st plural tezimizi tezlerimizi 2nd plural tezinizi tezlerinizi 3rd plural tezlerini tezlerini dative singular plural 1st singular tezime tezlerime 2nd singular tezine tezlerine 3rd singular tezine tezlerine 1st plural tezimize tezlerimize 2nd plural tezinize tezlerinize 3rd plural tezlerine tezlerine locative singular plural 1st singular tezimde tezlerimde 2nd singular tezinde tezlerinde 3rd singular tezinde tezlerinde 1st plural tezimizde tezlerimizde 2nd plural tezinizde tezlerinizde 3rd plural tezlerinde tezlerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular tezimden tezlerimden 2nd singular tezinden tezlerinden 3rd singular tezinden tezlerinden 1st plural tezimizden tezlerimizden 2nd plural tezinizden tezlerinizden 3rd plural tezlerinden tezlerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular tezimin tezlerimin 2nd singular tezinin tezlerinin 3rd singular tezinin tezlerinin 1st plural tezimizin tezlerimizin 2nd plural tezinizin tezlerinizin 3rd plural tezlerinin tezlerinin Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular tezim tezlerim 2nd singular tezsin tezlersin 3rd singular tez tezdir tezler tezlerdir 1st plural teziz tezleriz 2nd plural tezsiniz tezlersiniz 3rd plural tezler tezlerdir

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Turkic *teŕ-

Ottoman Turkish تز (tez)

Turkish tez

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تز (tez), from Proto-Turkic *teŕ-.

Adjective

tez

1. quickly, fast

Declension

Predicative forms of tez

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	tezim	tez miyim?
sen (you are)	tezsin	tez misin?
o (he/she/it is)	tez / tezdir	tez mi?
biz (we are)	teziz	tez miyiz?
siz (you are)	tezsiniz	tez misiniz?
onlar (they are)	tez(ler)	tez(ler) mi?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	tezdim	tez miydim?
sen (you were)	tezdin	tez miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	tezdi	tez miydi?
biz (we were)	tezdik	tez miydik?
siz (you were)	tezdiniz	tez miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	tezdiler	tez miydiler?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	tezmişim	tez miymişim?
sen (you were)	tezmişsin	tez miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	tezmiş	tez miymiş?
biz (we were)	tezmişiz	tez miymişiz?
siz (you were)	tezmişsiniz	tez miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	tezmişler	tez miymişler?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	tezsem	tez miysem?
sen (if you)	tezsen	tez miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	tezse	tez miyse?
biz (if we)	tezsek	tez miysek?
siz (if you)	tezseniz	tez miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	tezseler	tez miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Further reading

• “tez”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “tez”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tez”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Uzbek

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *teŕ-.

Adjective

tez (comparative tezroq, superlative eng tez)

1. quick, fast

Adverb

tez

1. quickly, fast