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 (janāʾiz))

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

Declension

Derived terms

  • جَنَائِزِيّ (janāʾiziyy, funereal)

Descendants

References

  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (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
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