مجنون

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ج ن ن (j-n-n)

Etymology[edit]

Derived from the passive participle of the verb جُنَّ (junna).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

مَجْنُون (majnūn) (feminine مَجْنُونَة (majnūna), masculine plural مَجْنُونُونَ (majnūnūna) or مَجَانِين (majānīn), feminine plural مَجْنُونَات (majnūnāt))

  1. mad, crazy, insane, possessed
    Synonyms: مَخْبُول (maḵbūl), مَسْعُور (masʕūr)
    هَلْ أَنْتَ مَجْنُونٌ؟
    hal ʔanta majnūnun?
    Are you crazy?
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 54:9:
      كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا مَجْنُونٌ وَازْدُجِرَ
      kaḏḏabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin fakaḏḏabū ʕabdanā wa-qālū majnūnun wa-zdujira
      The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “جن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic مَجْنُون (majnūn).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? majnūn
Dari reading? majnūn
Iranian reading? majnun
Tajik reading? majnun

Noun[edit]

مجنون (majnun) (plural مجنون‌ها (majnun-hâ) or مجنونان (majnunân))

  1. crazy, insane
  2. lover

Adjective[edit]

مجنون (majnun) (comparative مجنون‌تَر (majnun-tar), superlative مجنون‌تَرین (majnun-tarin))

  1. crazy, insane

Inflection[edit]

    Enclitic-attached forms of مجنون (majnun) (Iranian Persian)
    Basic forms of مجنون (majnun)
singular plural
bare مجنون
(majnun)
مجنون‌ها
(majnun-hấ)
مجنونا
(majnunấ)
definitive direct object مجنون را
(majnun râ)
مجنون رو
(majnuno)
مجنون‌ها را
(majnun-hấ râ)
مجنونا رو
(majnunấ ro)
ezâfe مجنون
(majnun-e)
مجنون‌های
(majnun-hấ-ye)
مجنونای
(majnunấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite
مجنونی
(majnun-i)
مجنون‌هایی
(majnunấn-i, majnun-hấ-i)
مجنونایی
(majnunấi)
Colloquial.
    Predicative forms of مجنون (majnun)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”)
مجنونم
(majnunam)
مجنونیم
(majnunim)
2nd person
(“you are”)
مجنونی
(majnuni)
مجنونید
(majnunid)
مجنونین
(majnunin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”)
مجنون است
(majnun ast)
مجنونه
(majnune)
مجنونند
(majnunand)
مجنونن
(majnunan)
Colloquial.