English → Arabic
funeral in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- janāzah
- Arabizi
janazah- Type
- noun · feminine
- Plural
- جَنَازَات janāzāt
- Root
- ج ن ز
How to use it
“Funeral” translates to جَنَازَة in Arabic, a feminine noun. It refers to the rites and ceremony after death. Use with verbs like حَضَرَ (to attend) or قَامَ (to hold).
Example sentences
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حَضَرَتْ العَائِلَةُ جَنَازَةَ جَدِّهَا.
ḥaḍarat al-ʿāʾila janāzata jaddihā.
The family attended their grandfather’s funeral.
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تُقَامُ جَنَازَةُ المَسْجِدِ كَتَرْتِيبٍ رَسْمِيٍّ.
tuqāmu janāzatu al-masjidi ka-tartīb rasmiyy.
The mosque’s funeral is held formally.
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قَدَّمَ الأَصْدِقَاؤُ وَعْدًا بِحُضُورِ جَنَازَةٍ مَسْتَقبَلِيَّةٍ.
qaddama al-aṣdiqāʾ waʿdan bi-ḥuḍūr janāzah mustaqbaliyya.
Friends promised to attend a future funeral.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
That's your funeral.
هذه جنازتك.
Mohamed Sid'Ahmed tweeted about the funeral:
تحدث الناشط الموريتاني محمد سيدي أحمد عن الجنازة:
A funeral prayer in absentia was held for Sami.
صلّى النّاس صلاة الغائب لسامي.
George was the chief mourner at William's funeral.
وكان جورج النادب رئيس في جنازة وليام.
His funeral was held on 29 December 2001 in Dakar.
تشييعه كان في 29 كانون الأول / ديسمبر 2001 في داكار.
Participants wore black to the funeral-themed demonstration.
ارتدى المتظاهرون الملابس السوداء في المظاهرة التي بدت كجنازة.
Activists stated that thousands of people attended his funeral.
وذكر نشطاء أن الآلاف من الناس حضروا الجنازة.
Detainees and martyrs. I was running from one funeral to the other.
معتقلون ومعتقلات وشهداء، كنت أجري من تشييع لآخر.
I don’t know why my mother’s funeral entailed an armed security presence.
لست أدري لم كانت جنازة أمي تستدعي حضورًا بالعتاد والعدّة.
Against my doctors' and family's wishes, I needed to go back for the funeral.
ومتجاهلةً تعليمات الاطباء.. والاهل رجعت لكي احضر الجنازة
Atention. High-ranking malandro funeral taking place at the Cafetal Boulevard.
جنازة لمالاندرو على طريق بوليفارد كافيتال.
The beginning of the Internet freedom funeral in front of the Jordanian Parliament.
بداية جنازة حرية الإنترنت أمام مجلس النواب الأردني.
Questions and answers
Is there a special word for a military funeral?
Yes, you can say جَنَازَة عَسْكَرِيَّة.
Can “funeral” be used metaphorically?
Rarely, but it can describe the end of something, e.g., “the funeral of a career.”
Related words and expressions
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