Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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طنخ طنز طنف


1. ⇒ طنز

طَنَزَ بِهِ, (Ṣ,* A, MA, Ḳ,) aor. ـَ {يَطْنَزُ}, (Ṣ, A, TA,) inf. n. طَنْزٌ, (Ṣ,* MA, Ḳ,*) He mocked at, scoffed at, laughed at, derided, or ridiculed, him. (Ṣ, A, MA, Ḳ.) [See also طَنْزٌ below.]


3. ⇒ طانز

طانزهُ, (A, TA,) inf. n. مُطَانَزَةٌ, (TA,) [He mocked at, scoffed at, laughed at, derided, or ridiculed, him, being mocked at,, &c., by him.]


6. ⇒ تطانز

تطانزوا [They mocked at, scoffed at, laughed at, derided, or ridiculed, one another]. (A, TA.)


طَنْزٌ

طَنْزٌ Mockery, scoff, derision, or ridicule: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) [J says,] I think it to be post-classical or arabicized. (Ṣ.) [Golius says, it is termed in Armenian “dnâs.”]

Root: طنز - Entry: طَنْزٌ Dissociation: B

Also A species of fish. (Ḳ.)


طَنَّازٌ

طَنَّازٌ A mocker, scoffer, or derider. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)


مَطْنَزَةٌ

هُمْ مَطْنَزَةٌ They are [such as occasion mockery, scoff, derision, or ridicule; or] persons in whom is no good; held in light, or mean, estimation [by others or] by themselves. (Ḳ.)


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