iz. ar. [زوج zevc’den ms. ifti’âl] 1. Çiftleşme, çift olma: izdivâc. 2. Evlenme, teehhül: izdivâc etmek: evlenmek. [bu ikinci mana ile “tezevvüc” kullanmak daha iyidir, zîrâ “izdivâc” arabîde o manaya gelmez.]

v. n. for ازتواج 1. A mating together, in couples, with one another, a pairing together, coupling. 2. A marrying, being or becoming married as a couple; mar­riage, matrimony. 3. A being like one another in a pair or pairs, in sound or in spelling (words or phrases). 4. A being in pairs of the same fundamental shape (letters of the alphabet, as written), distinguish­ed by the diacritical point or points only.