# Janazah

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A Muslim funeral prayer, part of the Islamic funeral ritual.
2. A bier or a coffin used to transport and bury the body of a dead person.

## Etymology
From Arabic جَنَازَة (janāza, “funeral”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/janazah