Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

طَنَزَ بِهِ, (Ṣ,* A, MA, Ḳ,) aor. ـَ {يَطْنَزُ}, (Ṣ, A, TA,) inf. n. طَنْزٌ, (Ṣ,* MA, Ḳ,*) He mocked at, scoffed at, laughed at, derided, or ridiculed, him. (Ṣ, A, MA, Ḳ.) [See also طَنْزٌ below.]

طانزهُ, (A, TA,) inf. n. مُطَانَزَةٌ, (TA,) [He mocked at, scoffed at, laughed at, derided, or ridiculed, him, being mocked at,, &c., by him.]

تطانزوا [They mocked at, scoffed at, laughed at, derided, or ridiculed, one another]. (A, TA.)

طَنْزٌ Mockery, scoff, derision, or ridicule: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) [J says,] I think it to be post-classical or arabicized. (Ṣ.) [Golius says, it is termed in Armenian “dnâs.”]

Also A species of fish. (Ḳ.)

طَنَّازٌ A mocker, scoffer, or derider. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

هُمْ مَطْنَزَةٌ 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. (Ḳ.)