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كَنْز
treasure /ˈkanz/
nounB1#2449 most common
Also: hoard, treasure trove
Example sentences
هَذَا كَنْزٌ.
This is a treasure.
وَجَدَ الطِّفْلُ كَنْزًا فِي الحَدِيقَةِ.
The child found a treasure in the garden.
القَرَاصِنَةُ يَبْحَثُونَ عَنِ الكَنْزِ المَفْقُودِ.
The pirates are searching for the lost treasure.
دَفَنَ القَرَاصِنَةُ كَنْزَهُمْ فِي جَزِيرَةٍ نَائِيَةٍ.
The pirates buried their treasure on a remote island.
تُعَدُّ هَذِهِ المَخْطُوطَاتُ القَدِيمَةُ كَنْزًا ثَقَافِيًّا لَا يُقَدَّرُ بِثَمَنٍ.
These ancient manuscripts are considered a priceless cultural treasure.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ فَقْرِهِ المَادِّيِّ، ظَلَّ يَعْتَبِرُ صَدَاقَةَ أَبِيهِ كَنْزًا لَا يُضَاهِيهِ أَيُّ كَنْزٍ فِي الدُّنْيَا.
Despite his material poverty, he still considered his father's friendship a treasure that no treasure in the world could match.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | كَنْزٌ | كُنُوزٌ |
| Genitive | كَنْزٍ | كُنُوزٍ |
| Accusative | كَنْزًا | كُنُوزًا |
| Vocative | يَا كَنْزُ | يَا كُنُوزُ |
Word family
كَنَزَto hoard, bury (treasure), store up
كَانِزhoarder, one who hoards
مَكْنُوزhoarded, buried, stored away
كُنُوزtreasures
اِكْتَنَزَto become dense or compact; to amass wealth
Etymology
Kanz comes from the Arabic triliteral root ك-ن-ز, the same root behind the verb kanaza, meaning to store up or bury valuables. The root is native Semitic rather than borrowed. Since Arabic belongs to the Afro-Asiatic family rather than Indo-European, it has no PIE ancestor, but related roots for hiding or storing treasure show up elsewhere in the Semitic family.
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