جنازة

See also: جنازه

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ج ن ز (j n z)
1 term

The whole root ج ن ز (j n z) is from Ge'ez and Old South Arabian, compare Ge'ez ገነዘ (gänäzä, “to wrap, to prepare a body for funeral”) and old Sabaean 𐩴𐩬𐩸 (gnz), 𐩴𐩬𐩸𐩩 (gnzt, “funeral”), potentially the same Iranian word as كَنْز (kanz, “treasure”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.naː.za/, /d͡ʒi.naː.za/
- (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /ʒa.naː.za/, /ʒnaː.za/, /ɡnaː.za/
- (Tunisian) IPA^(key): /znaː.za/
- (Libyan) IPA^(key): /znaː.za/

Noun

جَنَازَة or جِنَازَة • (janāza or jināza) f (plural جَنَازَات (janāzāt) or جَنَائِز (janāʔiz))

funeral
bier, with a corpse on it
corpse

Declension

Declension of noun **جَنَازَة** (janāza)‎; **جِنَازَة** (jināza)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جَنَازَة‎; جِنَازَة janāza‎; jināza	الْجَنَازَة‎; الْجِنَازَة al-janāza‎; al-jināza	جَنَازَة‎; جِنَازَة janāzat‎; jināzat
nominative	جَنَازَةٌ‎; جِنَازَةٌ janāzatun‎; jināzatun	الْجَنَازَةُ‎; الْجِنَازَةُ al-janāzatu‎; al-jināzatu	جَنَازَةُ‎; جِنَازَةُ janāzatu‎; jināzatu
accusative	جَنَازَةً‎; جِنَازَةً janāzatan‎; jināzatan	الْجَنَازَةَ‎; الْجِنَازَةَ al-janāzata‎; al-jināzata	جَنَازَةَ‎; جِنَازَةَ janāzata‎; jināzata
genitive	جَنَازَةٍ‎; جِنَازَةٍ janāzatin‎; jināzatin	الْجَنَازَةِ‎; الْجِنَازَةِ al-janāzati‎; al-jināzati	جَنَازَةِ‎; جِنَازَةِ janāzati‎; jināzati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جَنَازَتَيْن‎; جِنَازَتَيْن janāzatayn‎; jināzatayn	الْجَنَازَتَيْن‎; الْجِنَازَتَيْن al-janāzatayn‎; al-jināzatayn	جَنَازَتَيْ‎; جِنَازَتَيْ janāzatay‎; jināzatay
nominative	جَنَازَتَانِ‎; جِنَازَتَانِ janāzatāni‎; jināzatāni	الْجَنَازَتَانِ‎; الْجِنَازَتَانِ al-janāzatāni‎; al-jināzatāni	جَنَازَتَا‎; جِنَازَتَا janāzatā‎; jināzatā
accusative	جَنَازَتَيْنِ‎; جِنَازَتَيْنِ janāzatayni‎; jināzatayni	الْجَنَازَتَيْنِ‎; الْجِنَازَتَيْنِ al-janāzatayni‎; al-jināzatayni	جَنَازَتَيْ‎; جِنَازَتَيْ janāzatay‎; jināzatay
genitive	جَنَازَتَيْنِ‎; جِنَازَتَيْنِ janāzatayni‎; jināzatayni	الْجَنَازَتَيْنِ‎; الْجِنَازَتَيْنِ al-janāzatayni‎; al-jināzatayni	جَنَازَتَيْ‎; جِنَازَتَيْ janāzatay‎; jināzatay
plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جَنَازَات‎; جِنَازَات‎; جَنَائِز janāzāt‎; jināzāt‎; janāʔiz	الْجَنَازَات‎; الْجِنَازَات‎; الْجَنَائِز al-janāzāt‎; al-jināzāt‎; al-janāʔiz	جَنَازَات‎; جِنَازَات‎; جَنَائِز janāzāt‎; jināzāt‎; janāʔiz
nominative	جَنَازَاتٌ‎; جِنَازَاتٌ‎; جَنَائِزُ janāzātun‎; jināzātun‎; janāʔizu	الْجَنَازَاتُ‎; الْجِنَازَاتُ‎; الْجَنَائِزُ al-janāzātu‎; al-jināzātu‎; al-janāʔizu	جَنَازَاتُ‎; جِنَازَاتُ‎; جَنَائِزُ janāzātu‎; jināzātu‎; janāʔizu
accusative	جَنَازَاتٍ‎; جِنَازَاتٍ‎; جَنَائِزَ janāzātin‎; jināzātin‎; janāʔiza	الْجَنَازَاتِ‎; الْجِنَازَاتِ‎; الْجَنَائِزَ al-janāzāti‎; al-jināzāti‎; al-janāʔiza	جَنَازَاتِ‎; جِنَازَاتِ‎; جَنَائِزَ janāzāti‎; jināzāti‎; janāʔiza
genitive	جَنَازَاتٍ‎; جِنَازَاتٍ‎; جَنَائِزَ janāzātin‎; jināzātin‎; janāʔiza	الْجَنَازَاتِ‎; الْجِنَازَاتِ‎; الْجَنَائِزِ al-janāzāti‎; al-jināzāti‎; al-janāʔizi	جَنَازَاتِ‎; جِنَازَاتِ‎; جَنَائِزِ janāzāti‎; jināzāti‎; janāʔizi

Derived terms

جَنَائِزِيّ (janāʔiziyy, “funereal”)

Descendants

→ Armenian: ջանազա (ǰanaza)
→ Bashkir: йыназа (yınaza)
→ Kazakh: жаназа (janaza)
→ Kyrgyz: жаназа (janaza)
→ Malay: jenazah
- Indonesian: jenazah
→ Northern Kurdish: cenaze
→ Old Anatolian Turkish: جنازه
- Azerbaijani: cənazə
- Ottoman Turkish: جنازه (cenaze)
  - Turkish: cenaze
  - → Albanian: xhenaze
  - → Crimean Tatar: cenaze
  - → Macedonian: џеназа (dženaza)
  - → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: џена́за
    Latin script: dženáza
  - → Ubykh: џанаса (dẑanasa)
→ Persian: جنازه (janâze)
- → Assamese: জানাজা (zanaza)
- → Bengali: জানাজা (janaja)
- → Chagatai: جنازه (jnāzh)
  - Uyghur: جىنازا (jinaza)
  - Uzbek: janoza
- → Gujarati: જનાજો (janājo)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: जनाज़ा (janāzā)
  Urdu: جَنازَہ (janāza)
→ Southern Kurdish: جەنازە (cenaze)
→ Swahili: jeneza
→ Tatar: җеназа (cenaza)
→ Turkmen: jynaza

References

Nöldeke, Theodor (1910), Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 58
Leslau, Wolf (1987), Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, reprinted 1991, 1997 and 2006, page 200
Shapira, Dan D. Y. (2009), “Irano-Arabica: contamination and popular etymology. Notes on the Persian and Arabic lexicons (with references to Aramaic, Hebrew and Turkic)”, in Христианский Восток – Новая Серия, volume 5 (XI), Moscow: Издательство Российской Академии Наук и Государственного Эрмитажа, page 163 fn. 10
Weninger, Stefan (2009), “Der Jemen als lexikalisches Ausstrahlungszentrum in der Antike”, in Philologisches und Historisches zwischen Anatolien und Sokotra. Analecta Semitica in memoriam Alexander Sima‎^[2] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrasowitz, →ISBN, pages 399–400 Nr. 3