جنازه

See also: جنازة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَنَازَة (janāza, funeral; bier), ultimately from a Ge'ez word related to Ge'ez ገነዘ (gänäzä, to wrap, to prepare a body for funeral).

Noun

جنازه • (cenâze or cinâze) (definite accusative جنازه‌یی (cenâzeyi), plural جنائز (cenâʼiz) or جنازه‌لر (cenâzeler))

  1. bier
    Synonym: تسكره (teskere)
  2. funeral
  3. (by extension) corpse, cadaver
    Synonyms: جثه (cüsse), میت (meyt), نعش (naʼaş)

Derived terms

  • جانلو جنازه (canlı cenâze, skin and bones, literally alive corpse)
  • جنازه آلایی (cenâze alayı, funeral procession)

Descendants

  • Turkish: cenaze
  • Albanian: xhenaze
  • Crimean Tatar: cenaze
  • Macedonian: џеназа (dženaza)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: џена́за
    Latin script: dženáza
  • Ubykh: џанаса (dẑanasa)

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic جَنَازَة (janāza).

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒæ.nɒː.ze], [d͡ʒe.nɒː.ze]

    Readings
    Classical reading? janāza
    Dari reading? janāza
    Iranian reading? janâza, jenâze
    Tajik reading? janoza

    Noun

    Dari جنازه
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik ҷаноза

    جنازه • (janāza / janâze, jenâze) (Tajik spelling ҷаноза)

    1. funeral
      • c. 1599, Bahāʾ al‐Dīn ʿĀmilī, “Section 4, Part 1”, in کشکول[6]:
        گدایی همی‌رفت و کودکش در پیش روان بود. کودک صدای زنی بشنید که در پی جنازه‌ای همی‌گفت: ای مرد، تو را به جایی برند که نه در آن عطایی بود نه فراشی، نه چاشتی و نه شامی. کودک گفت: پدر، جنازه را به خانه‌ی ما همی‌برند.
        gedâyi hamiraft o kudakaš dar piš ravân bud. kudak sedâ-ye zani bešenid ke dar pey-e jenâze‌'i hamigoft: ey mard, to râ be jayi barand ke na dar ân atâyi bovad na farrâši, na čâšti o na šâmi. kudak goft: pedar, jenâze râ be xâne-ye mâ hamibarand.
        A beggar was walking with his child in front of him. The child overheard a woman following a funeral procession say: "O' man, they are bringing you to a place where there are neither gifts nor servants, neither lunch nor dinner." The child said: "Father, they are bringing the corpse to our house."
    2. bier, with a corpse on it
    3. corpse (dead body)

    Descendants