كنز

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Old Median *ganǰam (treasure), a word spread by the Achaemenid administration, perhaps mediated already then by Imperial Aramaic 𐡂𐡍𐡆𐡀 (gnzʾ /⁠*ganzā⁠/, treasure).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanz/

Noun

كَنْز • (kanz) m (plural كُنُوز (kunūz))

  1. treasure
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 2

Root
ك ن ز (k-n-z)

Denominal verb of كَنْز (kanz).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.na.za/

Verb

كَنَزَ • (kanaza) I, non-past يَكْنِزُ‎ (yaknizu)

  1. to bury in the ground (treasure)
  2. to pile up; to amass
Conjugation
Descendants

Etymology 3

Denominal from كَنْز (kanz).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.niz/

Adjective

كَنِز • (kaniz)

  1. of a firm texture, carnous
Declension

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “كنز”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 493
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كنز”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 63
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “كنز”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 934
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “كنز”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2633
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “كنز”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 987

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كَنْز (kanz).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanz/

Noun

كَنْز • (kanz) m (plural كُنُوز (kunūz))

  1. treasure

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian knȇz, knjaz, from Proto-Slavic *kъ̏nędzь.

Noun

كنز • (kenez)

  1. prince

References

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كَنْز (kanz).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kenz/

Noun

كنز • (kenz) m (plural كُنُوز (knūz))

  1. treasure
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