جنازة

Meaning

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

Concepts

funeral

burial

entombment

humation

inhumation

interment

obsequies

sepulture

burial service

Synonyms

جناز

Translations

Beerdigung

funeral

funeral

funerale

Bestattung

κηδεία

begrafenis

funérailles

entierro

Begräbnis

enterrement

obsèques

cenaze

funus

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒa.naː.za/

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”).