גן

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ג־נ־ן (g-n-n)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡan/

Noun

גַּן • (gan) m (plural indefinite גַּנִּים, singular construct גַּן־, plural construct גַּנֵּי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. a garden
   • Tanach, Song of Songs 5:1:

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     JPS

     
     

     בָּאתִי לְגַנִּי אֲחֹתִי כַלָּה

     báti l-ganí aḥotí kalá

     I am come into my garden, my sister, my bride

Derived terms

• גִּינָּה
• גַּן יְלָדִים
• גַּן עֵדֶן

Related terms

• גינן / גִּנֵּן
• גַּנָּן

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Gen. Accepted by the Academy of the Hebrew Language for similarity to the root ג־נ־ן (g-n-n), which forms words relating to gardening and kindergartens, coined by Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”) from the aorist infinitive of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛn/

Noun

גֶּן • (gen) m (plural indefinite גֶּנִים, singular construct גֶּן־)

1. (genetics) a gene

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Yiddish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew גַּן.

Noun

גן • (gan) m, plural גנים (ganem)

1. (especially in Judaic contexts) garden

Synonyms

• גאָרטן (gortn)

Derived terms

• גן־עדן (gan-eydn)