جنازة

See also: جنازه

Arabic

Etymology

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))

1. funeral
2. bier, with a corpse on it
3. corpse

Declension

Declension of noun جَنَازَة (janāza)‎; جِنَازَة (jināza)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	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
	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)
• → Azerbaijani: cənazə
• → Bashkir: йыназа (yınaza)
• → Chagatai: جنازه
  • Uyghur: جىنازا (jinaza)
  • Uzbek: janoza
• → Kazakh: жаназа (janaza)
• → Kyrgyz: жаназа (janaza)
• → Malay: jenazah
  • Indonesian: jenazah
• → Northern Kurdish: cenaze
• → Persian: جنازه (janâze)
  • → Assamese: জানাজা (zanaza)
  • → Bengali: জানাজা (janaja)
  • → Gujarati: જનાજો (janājo)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: जनाज़ा (janāzā)

    Urdu: جَنازَہ (janāza)

  • → Ottoman Turkish: جنازه (cenaze)
    • Turkish: cenaze
    • Crimean Tatar: cenaze
    • → Albanian: xhenaze
    • → Macedonian: џеназа (dženaza)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: dženáza / џена́за
• → 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, page 58
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, 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