Etymograph

English

Janazah

Janazah comes from Arabic جَنَازَة ‘funeral’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentجَنَازَةjanāza‘funeral’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1875Janazah

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentجَنَازَةjanāza‘funeral’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1875Janazah

Earliest quotation: 1875, Thomas D. Forsyth, Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873: “The janazah, or funeral-prayers, are repeated by the priest,…”

Every English word from Arabic جَنَازَة

Today it means

noun A Muslim funeral prayer, part of the Islamic funeral ritual.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic جَنَازَة / Janazah

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