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جَنَازَة
funeral
NounRoot ج-ن-ز
Highlights
Plural
جَنَازَات
Other plural
جَنَائِز
جَنَازَة in English
Noun
- funeral
- bier, with a corpse on it
- corpse
Word origin
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”).
جَنَازَة: plural and other forms
| Singular | جَنَازَة |
|---|---|
| Plural | جَنَازَات |
| Alternative plurals | جَنَائِز |
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