طنز

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Arabic

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Root
ط ن ز (ṭ n z)
2 terms

Verb

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طَنَزَ (ṭanaza) I (non-past يَطْنِزُ (yaṭnizu) or يَطْنُزُ (yaṭnuzu), verbal noun طَنْز (ṭanz)) (Classical Arabic and in a few dialects)

  1. to mock, to scoff [with بِ (bi); or with عَلَى (ʕalā); or with فِي ()]

Conjugation

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Noun

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طَنْز (ṭanzm (Classical Arabic and in a few dialects)

  1. mock, scoff, ludibry, verbal noun of طَنَزَ (ṭanaza) (form I)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Moroccan Arabic: طَنْز (ṭanz)
  • Classical Persian: طنز (tanz)
  • Ottoman Turkish: طنز (tanz, tınz)

Verb

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طَنَّزَ (ṭannaza) II (non-past يُطَنِّزُ (yuṭannizu), verbal noun تَطْنِيز (taṭnīz)) (intransitive, Yemen)

  1. to project, to protrude, to stand off, to strut
  2. to splash, to spurt, to gush

Conjugation

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References

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Moroccan Arabic

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Root
ط ن ز
1 term

Etymology 1

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From Arabic طَنَزَ (ṭanaza).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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طنز (ṭnaz) I (non-past يطنز (yiṭnaz), verbal noun طنز (ṭanz) or طنيز (ṭnīz), active participle طانز (ṭāniz)) (intransitive)

  1. to joke, to banter, to jest
    Synonyms: مزح (mzaḥ), ملغ (mallaḡ)
  2. to mock, to scoff [with على (ʕla)]
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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From Arabic طَنْز (ṭanz).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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طنز (ṭanzm

  1. verbal noun of طنز (ṭnaz)

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic طَنْز (ṭanz).

Noun

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طنز (tanz, tınz)

  1. jeering sneering; jeer, sneer

Further reading

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic طَنْز (ṭanz).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? tanz
Dari reading? tanz
Iranian reading? tanz
Tajik reading? tanz

Noun

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طنز (tanz)

  1. satire (genre)
    Synonyms: هجو (hajv), طعنه (ta'ne)
  2. ridicule, bantering

Usage notes

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  • Only هجو (hajv) was used for satire until the twentieth century.

Further reading

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