جنة

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Arabic

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Root
ج ن ن (j n n)
6 terms

Etymology 1

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Related to جَنّ (jann, covering, protecting), the sense of a paradise being borrowed from Classical Syriac ܓܰܢܬܳܐ (gannəṯā) or Middle Persian. Compare Hebrew גַּן (gan), Aramaic גִּנָּא (ginnā), Ugaritic 𐎂𐎐 (gn).

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Noun

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جَنَّة (jannaf (plural جَنَّات (jannāt) or جِنَان (jinān))

  1. garden
    Synonyms: حَدِيقَة (ḥadīqa), بَاحَة (bāḥa), بُسْتَان (bustān)
  2. paradise, heaven, the Paradise, the Heaven, Elysium
    Synonyms: فِرْدَوْس (firdaws), نَعِيم (naʕīm)
    Antonyms: سَعِير (saʕīr), لَظَىٰ (laẓā), النَّار (an-nār), جَهَنَّم (jahannam), جَحِيم (jaḥīm), حُطَمَة (ḥuṭama), سَقَر (saqar), هَاوِيَة (hāwiya)
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References

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  • Ahrens, Karl (1930) “Christliches im Qoran. Eine Nachlese”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[1] (in German), volume 84, page 27
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “جن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

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Noun

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جِنَّة (jinnaf (plural جِنَّات (jinnāt))

  1. verbal noun of جُنَّ (junna)
  2. madness, craziness, possession, mania
    Synonyms: جُنُون (junūn), جَنّ (jann)
  3. (collective) A class of angels made out of fire.
  4. (collective, in the plural, rare or Classical Arabic) jinn
    Synonyms: جِنّ (jinn), جَوَان (jawān), جِنَّان (jinnān)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 114:6:
      مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ
      mina l-jinnati wan-nāsi
      from among the jinn and Man.
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Noun

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جُنَّة (junnaf

  1. thing which veils, conceals, hides, covers, or protects
  2. weapon or armor, a thing used to protect oneself, anything protective or defensive
  3. piece of cloth which a woman wears covering the face and the two sides of the bosom, a type of hijab or veil
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Hijazi Arabic

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Root
ج ن ن
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic جَنَّة (janna).

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Noun

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جَنَّة (jannaf (plural جَنَّات (jannāt))

  1. heaven