جنون

See also: حنون

Arabic

Root
ج ن ن (j n n)
10 terms

Etymology

From جِنّ (jinn).

Noun

جُنُون • (junūn) m

1. verbal noun of جُنَّ (junna) (form I)
2. verbal noun of جَنَّ (janna) (form I)
3. madness, insanity

Declension

Declension of noun جُنُون (junūn)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جُنُون junūn	الْجُنُون al-junūn	جُنُون junūn
nominative	جُنُونٌ junūnun	الْجُنُونُ al-junūnu	جُنُونُ junūnu
accusative	جُنُونًا junūnan	الْجُنُونَ al-junūna	جُنُونَ junūna
genitive	جُنُونٍ junūnin	الْجُنُونِ al-junūni	جُنُونِ junūni

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جُنُون (junūn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒu.ˈnuːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊ.núːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊ.núːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊ.núːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒu.nún]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒo.núːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒu.nún]

• Rhymes: -uːn

Readings
Classical reading?	junūn
Dari reading?	junūn
Iranian reading?	jonun
Tajik reading?	junun

Noun

جنون • (junūn / jonun) (Tajik spelling ҷунун)

1. madness, insanity

   Synonym: دیوانگی (divânegi)

   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 128:

     گرچه با او از جنون دایم غم دل گفته‌ام
     پیش او حال دل زارم اظهار نیست

     garči bā ō az junūn dāyim ġam-i dil gufta'am
     pēš-i ō hāl-i dil-i zāram izhār nēst

     Although I have always, out of madness, told her my heart's sorrows,
     The condition of my wretched heart is [still] not manifest before her.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. (pathology) psychosis

   Synonyms: روان‌پریشی (ravân-pariši), سایکوز (sâykoz)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: जुनून (junūn)

  Urdu: جُنُون (junūn)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਜਨੂਨ (janūn)

  Shahmukhi script: جَنُون (janūn)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جُنُون (junūn), from Arabic جُنُون (junūn).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒʊ.nuːn/

Noun

جُنُون • (junūn) m (Hindi spelling जुनून)

1. lunacy, insanity, madness, craziness
2. obsession

Further reading

• “جنون”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “جنون”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.