جنازه

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed either directly from Arabic جَنَازَة (janāza, funeral; bier) or through Persian جنازه (janâze, jenâze), both 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. funeral, a ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, with the attendant observances
  2. bier, a litter, stand, or frame on which a corpse is placed to lie in state or to be carried to the grave
  3. (by extension) corpse, cadaver, a dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal
    Synonyms: جثه (cüsse), میت (meyt), نعش (naʼaş)

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَنَازَة (janāza).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Dari جنازه
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷаноза

جنازه (janâze, jenâze)

  1. funeral
  2. bier, with a corpse on it
  3. corpse (dead body)

Descendants