جنازة

See also: جنازه

Arabic

Etymology

The whole root ج ن ز (j-n-z) is from Ge'ez, compare ገነዘ (gänäzä, “to wrap, to prepare a body for funeral”).

Noun

جَنَازَة • (janāza) f (plural جَنَازَات (janāzāt) or جَنَائِز (janāʔiz))

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

Declension

Declension of noun جَنَازَة (janāza)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَنَازَة janāza	الْجَنَازَة al-janāza	جَنَازَة janāzat
Nominative	جَنَازَةٌ janāzatun	الْجَنَازَةُ al-janāzatu	جَنَازَةُ janāzatu
Accusative	جَنَازَةً janāzatan	الْجَنَازَةَ al-janāzata	جَنَازَةَ janāzata
Genitive	جَنَازَةٍ janāzatin	الْجَنَازَةِ al-janāzati	جَنَازَةِ janāzati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَنَازَتَيْن janāzatayn	الْجَنَازَتَيْن al-janāzatayn	جَنَازَتَيْ janāzatay
Nominative	جَنَازَتَانِ janāzatāni	الْجَنَازَتَانِ al-janāzatāni	جَنَازَتَا janāzatā
Accusative	جَنَازَتَيْنِ janāzatayni	الْجَنَازَتَيْنِ al-janāzatayni	جَنَازَتَيْ janāzatay
Genitive	جَنَازَتَيْنِ janāzatayni	الْجَنَازَتَيْنِ al-janāzatayni	جَنَازَتَيْ janāzatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَنَازَات‎; جَنَائِز janāzāt‎; janāʔiz	الْجَنَازَات‎; الْجَنَائِز al-janāzāt‎; al-janāʔiz	جَنَازَات‎; جَنَائِز janāzāt‎; janāʔiz
Nominative	جَنَازَاتٌ‎; جَنَائِزُ janāzātun‎; janāʔizu	الْجَنَازَاتُ‎; الْجَنَائِزُ al-janāzātu‎; al-janāʔizu	جَنَازَاتُ‎; جَنَائِزُ janāzātu‎; janāʔizu
Accusative	جَنَازَاتٍ‎; جَنَائِزَ janāzātin‎; janāʔiza	الْجَنَازَاتِ‎; الْجَنَائِزَ al-janāzāti‎; al-janāʔiza	جَنَازَاتِ‎; جَنَائِزَ janāzāti‎; janāʔiza
Genitive	جَنَازَاتٍ‎; جَنَائِزَ janāzātin‎; janāʔiza	الْجَنَازَاتِ‎; الْجَنَائِزِ al-janāzāti‎; al-janāʔizi	جَنَازَاتِ‎; جَنَائِزِ janāzāti‎; janāʔizi

Derived terms

• جَنَائِزِيّ (janāʔiziyy, “funereal”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: cənazə
• → Bashkir: йыназа (yınaza)
• → 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
• → Kurdish: cenaze
• → Swahili: jeneza

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