جنس

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See also: حنش

Arabic

Etymology 1

Probably from Classical Syriac ܓܸܢܣܵܐ (gensā), which is in turn probably from Ancient Greek γένος (génos), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os. Alternatively, but much less likely, from Latin genus from the same Indo-European etymon.

Pronunciation

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Noun

جِنْس (jinsm (plural أَجْنَاس (ʔajnās))

  1. kind, sort, variety, species, class, genus
  2. category
  3. sex, gender (male or female)
  4. (grammar) gender
  5. race
  6. nation
  7. sexuality; sex
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the noun جِنْس (jins, kind, sort) and جِنْسِيَّة (jinsiyya, nationality).

Verb

جَنَّسَ (jannasa) II (non-past يُجَنِّسُ (yujannisu), verbal noun تَجْنِيس (tajnīs))

  1. to make alike, to make similar
  2. to assimilate, to naturalize
  3. to class, to classify, to sort, to categorize
  4. to give nationality to
Conjugation

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic جِنْس (jins).

Noun

جنس (jens) (plural اجناس (ajnâs))

  1. kind
  2. genus
  3. genre
  4. (grammar) gender
  5. sex (female or male)
  6. goods