كنز

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of accumulating, storing, and hoarding wealth, particularly gold and silver. It extends to the idea of something being abundant, collected, or filled, and metaphorically to knowledge or divine favor. It also describes physical attributes of being well-built or fleshy.

Derived headwords

الكِنْزnoun

1.
treasureboth
Money or valuable items that are stored or hidden, especially in a container or buried underground.
2.
hoardboth
A large amount of something valuable that is collected and stored.
3.
accumulated wealthclassical
Refers to a large quantity of collected goods or wealth that people compete for.

الكنز: اسم للمال إذا أحرز في وعاء ولما يحرز فيه — Treasure: a name for money when it is kept in a container and for that which is not kept.

الكنز المال المدفون — The treasure is buried money.

كَنَزَverb

1.
to hoardboth
To accumulate and store wealth, especially money, for future use.
2.
to fillboth
To pack or fill something tightly, like a bag or a waterskin.
3.
to press downclassical
To press something down with the hand, as in gathering or packing.

كنزه يكنزه كنزا — He hoarded it, he hoards it, a hoarding.

كنزت البر في الجراب فاكتنز — I packed the grain in the sack, and it became packed.

اِكْتَنَزَverb

1.
to accumulateboth
To gather and store something, especially wealth, becoming abundant.
2.
to be fullboth
To become full or filled up.
3.
to become fleshyclassical
To accumulate flesh or become well-built.

اكتنز الشيء: اجتمع وامتلأ — The thing became accumulated: it gathered and filled up.

فاكتنز — and it became packed.

كُنُوزnoun

1.
treasuresboth
Plural of 'kanz', referring to multiple hoards or valuable collections.

وجمعه كنوز — and its plural is 'kunuz'.

الكِنْزانnoun

1.
the two treasuresclassical
Specifically refers to the 'red' (gold) and 'white' (silver) treasures mentioned in a hadith.

أعطيت الكنزين: الأحمر والأبيض — I was given the two treasures: the red and the white.

الكَنّازnoun

1.
hoarderclassical
One who excessively hoards gold and silver, neglecting to spend them on good deeds.
2.
well-built personclassical
A person who is fleshy and well-built.
3.
date storehouseclassical
A place or method for storing dates, especially for winter.

بشر الكنازين برضف من جهنم — Give good news to the hoarders of a burning coal from Hell.

كَنّازadjective

1.
fleshyclassical
Describing a female animal (like a she-camel) or a young girl as having abundant, well-packed flesh.
2.
well-builtclassical
Describing someone or something as having accumulated flesh and being strong.

حياكة ذات هن كناز — A well-built woman of good stature.

وناقة كناز، بالكسر، أي مكتنزة اللحم — And a 'kunaz' she-camel, with kasra, meaning fleshy.

مُكْتَنِزadjective

1.
accumulatedboth
Gathered, collected, and abundant.
2.
fleshyboth
Having accumulated flesh; well-built.

ورجل كنز اللحم ومكتنز اللحم — And a man with hoarded flesh and accumulated flesh.

وساقيين مثل زيد وجعل ... صقبان ممشوقان مكنوزا العضل — And two shanks like Zayd, and he made ... slender legs with packed muscles.

مَكْنُوزadjective

1.
hoardedboth
Stored or accumulated, especially wealth.
2.
packedboth
Filled tightly, as in a container.

والذين يكنزون الذهب والفضة — And those who hoard gold and silver.

وعندي البر مكنوز — And I have stored grain.

كِنّازnoun

1.
date storageclassical
The act or time of storing dates, especially in a specific method involving packing them into containers.

أتيتهم عند الكناز والكناز، يعني حين كنزوا التمر — I came to them at the time of 'al-kinaz', meaning when they stored the dates.

كَنّازاتnoun

1.
musical instrumentsclassical
A term used in a hadith referring to musical instruments or singing, alongside 'ma'azif'.

بعثتك تمحو المعازف والكنازات — I sent you to abolish musical instruments and singing.

كَنِيزadjective

1.
stored datesclassical
Dates that have been stored or preserved for winter.

والكنيز: التمر يكتنز للشتاء في قواصر وأوعية — And 'al-kaniz': dates stored for winter in silos and containers.

كِنَازname

1.
Kinnazclassical
A proper name of a man.

وكناز: اسم رجل — And Kinnaz: the name of a man.

Parallel reading

الكنز المال المدفون

The treasure is buried money.

كنزه يكنزه كنزا واكتنزه

He hoarded it, he hoards it, a hoarding, and he accumulated it.

كنزت البر في الجراب فاكتنز

I packed the grain in the sack, and it became packed.

أعطيت الكنزين: الأحمر والأبيض

I was given the two treasures: the red and the white.

تسمي العرب كل كثير مجموع يتنافس فيه كنزا

Arabs call everything abundant and collected that is competed for a 'kanz'.

ألا أعلمك كنزا من كنوز الجنة: لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله

Shall I not teach you a treasure from the treasures of Paradise: 'La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah' (There is no might nor power except with Allah).

والذين يكنزون الذهب والفضة

And those who hoard gold and silver.

والذي نفسي بيده لتنفقن كنوزهما في سبيل الله

And by Him in whose hand is my soul, their treasures (of Khosrau and Caesar) will surely be spent in the way of Allah.

يقال كنز الإنسان مالا يكنزه

It is said: a person hoards wealth, he hoards it.

وكنزت السقاء إذا ملأته

And you fill a waterskin if you pack it full.

وكان تحته كنز لهما؛ قال: ما كان ذهبا ولا فضة ولكن كان علما وصحفا

And beneath it was a treasure for them; he said: It was not gold nor silver, but it was knowledge and scrolls.

أربعة آلاف وما دونها نفقة وما فوقها كنز

Four thousand and below is expenditure, and above that is a treasure.

كل مال لا تؤدى زكاته فهو كنز

Every wealth whose Zakat (obligatory charity) is not paid is a treasure.

بشر الكنازين برضف من جهنم

Give good news to the hoarders of a burning coal from Hell.

اكتنز الشيء: اجتمع وامتلأ

The thing became accumulated: it gathered and filled up.

وكنز الشيء في الرعاء والأرض يكنزه كنزا: غمزه بيده

And to press a thing down in grazing land or the earth, you press it down with your hand.

وشد كنز القربة: ملأها

And to tighten/fill a waterskin: to fill it.

ويقال للجارية الكثيرة اللحم: كناز، وكذلك الناقة

And a fleshy young girl is called 'kunaz', and likewise a she-camel.

ورجل كنز اللحم ومكتنز اللحم وكنيز اللحم ومكنوزه

And a man with hoarded flesh and accumulated flesh and fleshy flesh and packed flesh.

بعثتك تمحو المعازف والكنازات

I sent you to abolish musical instruments and singing.

وقد كنزوا التمر يكنزونه كنزا وكنازا، فهو كنيز ومكنوز

And they stored dates, they store them a storing and a 'kunaz', so it is 'kaniz' and 'makhnuz'.

والبحرانيون يقولون جاء زمن الكناز، إذا كنزوا التمر في الجلال

And the Bahrainis say the time of 'al-kinaz' has come, when they store dates in the 'jalal'.

لم يسمع إلا بالفتح

It was only heard with the Fatha (on the 'kaf').