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طنز

1 طَنَزَ بِهِ ذ , (S, * A, MA, K,) aor. طَنَزَ , (S, A, TA,) inf. n. طَنْزٌ, (S, * MA, K, *) He mocked at, scoffed at, laughed at, derided, or ridiculed, him. (S, A, MA, K.) [See also طَنْزٌ below.] 3 طانزهُ ذ , (A, TA,) inf. n. مُطَانَزَةٌ, (TA,) [He mocked at, scoffed at, laughed at, derided, or ridiculed, him, being mocked at, &c., by him.] 6 تطانزوا ذ [They mocked at, scoffed at, laughed at, derided, or ridiculed, one another]. (A, TA.) طَنْزٌ ذ Mockery, scoff, derision, or ridicule: (S, K:) [J says,] I think it to be post-classical or arabicized. (S.) [Golius says, it is termed in Armenian “ dnâs. ”] -A2- Also A species of fish. (K.) طَنَّازٌ ذ A mocker, scoffer, or derider. (S, K.) هُمْ مَطْنَزَةٌ ذ 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. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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