Janazah noun2 •A Muslim funeral prayer, part of the Islamic funeral ritual.The janazah, or funeral-prayers, are repeated by the priest, the people around saying Amin or “Amen.” — 1875 •A bier or a coffin used to transport and bury the body of a dead person.[…] the whole are deposited in a very neat coffin — Janazah — garlanded with beautiful flowers, and covered over with a white (malmal) figured muslin. — 1883