طنز

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Arabic

Root
ط ن ز (ṭ n z)
2 terms

Verb

طَنَزَ (ṭanaza) I (non-past يَطْنِزُ (yaṭnizu) or يَطْنُزُ (yaṭnuzu), verbal noun طَنْز (ṭanz)) (Classical Arabic and in a few dialects)

  1. to mock, to scoff

Conjugation

Noun

طَنْز (ṭanzm (Classical Arabic and in a few dialects)

  1. mock, scoff, ludibry, verbal noun of طَنَزَ (ṭanaza) (form I)

Declension

Descendants

  • Moroccan Arabic: طَنْز (ṭanz)
  • Classical Persian: طنز (tanz)
  • Ottoman Turkish: طنز (tanz, tınz)

Verb

طَنَّزَ (ṭannaza) II (non-past يُطَنِّزُ (yuṭannizu), verbal noun تَطْنِيز (taṭnīz)) (intransitive, Yemen)

  1. to project, to protrude, to stand off, to strut
  2. to splash, to spurt, to gush

Conjugation

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “طنز”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 63b
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “طنز”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 74
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “طنز”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 112
  • Landberg, Carlo, editor (1942), Glossaire daṯînois (in French), Leiden: Brill, page 2225
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “طنز”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1885
  • Piamenta, Moshe (1991) Dictionary of Post-Classical Yemeni Arabic, volume 2, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 308
  • Arabic lexicographic tradition

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ط ن ز
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic طَنَزَ (ṭanaza).

Pronunciation

Verb

طنز (ṭnaz) I (non-past يطنز (yiṭnaz), verbal noun طنز (ṭanz) or طنيز (ṭnīz), active participle طانز (ṭāniz)) (intransitive)

  1. to joke, to banter, to jest
    Synonyms: مزح (mzaḥ), ملغ (mallaḡ)
  2. to mock, to scoff
Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Arabic طَنْز (ṭanz).

Pronunciation

Noun

طنز (ṭanzm

  1. verbal noun of طنز (ṭnaz)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَنْز (ṭanz).

Noun

طنز (tanz, tınz)

  1. jeering sneering; jeer, sneer

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَنْز (ṭanz).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? tanz
Dari reading? tanz
Iranian reading? tanz
Tajik reading? tanz

Noun

طنز (tanz)

  1. satire (genre)
    Synonyms: هجو (hajv), طعنه (ta'ne)
  2. ridicule, bantering

Usage notes

  • Only هجو (hajv) was used for satire until the twentieth century.

Further reading