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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