Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

كَنْز (kanzm (plural كُنُوز (kunūz))

  1. treasure
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Etymology 2 edit

Root
ك ن ز (k-n-z)

Denominal verb of كَنْز (kanz).

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Verb edit

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

  1. to bury in the ground (treasure)
  2. to pile up; to amass
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Etymology 3 edit

Denominal from كَنْز (kanz).

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Adjective edit

كَنِز (kaniz)

  1. of a firm texture, carnous
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References edit

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “كنز”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (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[2] (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[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 934
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “كنز”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[4], 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 edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic كَنْز (kanz).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

كَنْز (kanzm (plural كُنُوز (kunūz))

  1. treasure

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

كنز (kenez)

  1. prince

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South Levantine Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic كَنْز (kanz).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

كنز (kenzm (plural كُنُوز (knūz))

  1. treasure