ҡаҙна

Bashkir

Etymology

From *qazna (“treasure”), possibly adapted from Arabic خَزِينَة (ḵazīna, “treasury”) (if so, Doublet of хазина (xazina)), or from an Iranian source, possibly ultimately from Old Median *ganǰam (“treasure”).

Compare to qazna "treasury" in Codex Cumanicus; Tatar казна (qazna, “treasury”), Kazakh қазына (qazyna, “treasury”), Kyrgyz казна (kazna), казына (kazına, “treasury”), Khakas хазна (xazna, “treasury”).

Noun

ҡаҙна • (qaźna)

  1. treasury, a place where state money and valuables are stored
  2. treasury, a place where treasure is stored safely
  3. a collection of valuable things

Declension

Synonyms

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