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جنازه

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See also: جنازة

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic جَنَازَة (janāza, funeral; bier), ultimately from a Ge'ez word related to Ge'ez ገነዘ (gänäzä, to wrap, to prepare a body for funeral).

Noun

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جنازه (cenâze or cinâze) (definite accusative جنازه‌یی (cenâzeyi), plural جنائز (cenâʼiz) or جنازه‌لر (cenâzeler))

  1. funeral
  2. (by extension) corpse, cadaver
    Synonyms: جثه (cüsse), میت (meyt), نعش (naʼaş)

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic جَنَازَة (janāza).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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Dari جنازه
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷаноза

جنازه (janâze, jenâze)

  1. funeral
    • c. 1599, Bahāʾ al‐Dīn ʿĀmilī, “Section 4, Part 1”, in کشکول[6]:
      گدایی همی‌رفت و کودکش در پیش روان بود. کودک صدای زنی بشنید که در پی جنازه‌ای همی‌گفت: ای مرد، تو را به جایی برند که نه در آن عطایی بود نه فراشی، نه چاشتی و نه شامی. کودک گفت: پدر، جنازه را به خانه‌ی ما همی‌برند.
      gedâyi hamiraft o kudakaš dar piš ravân bud. kudak sedâ-ye zani bešenid ke dar pey-e jenâze‌'i hamigoft: ey mard, to râ be jayi barand ke na dar ân atâyi bovad na farrâši, na čâšti o na šâmi. kudak goft: pedar, jenâze râ be xâne-ye mâ hamibarand.
      A beggar was walking with his child in front of him. The child overheard a woman following a funeral procession say: "O' man, they are bringing you to a place where there are neither gifts nor servants, neither lunch nor dinner." The child said: "Father, they are bringing the corpse to our house."
  2. bier, with a corpse on it
  3. corpse (dead body)

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