Bash - Associative Array

main.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

a2l() {
	jq '.[] | (.name, .value)' <<-EOF
	  [
	    { "name": "x", "value": "v1 vv1" },
	    { "name": "y", "value": "v2 vv2" },
	    { "name": "z", "value": "v3 vv3" }
	  ]
	EOF
}

declare -A dict=()

while read -r key; do
	read -r value
	dict["${key:1:-1}"]="${value:1:-1}"
done < <(a2l)
	
# list keys
echo keys: "${!dict[@]}"

# list values
echo values: "${dict[@]}"

# get value by key
echo get: "x=${dict[x]} y=${dict[y]} z=${dict[z]}"