جن

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

جَنَّ (janna) I, non-past يَجُنُّ‎ (yajunnu)

  1. to cover, to hide, to conceal, to veil
  2. to envelop, to enshroud, to cloak, to screen
  3. to descend, to fall, to become night
    • 11 Century CE, Wallada bint al-Mustakfi, ترقب إذا جن الظلام زيارتي
      تَرَقَّبْ إِذَا جَنَّ الظَّلَامُ زِيَارَتِي / فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ اللَّيْلَ أَكْتَمَ لِلسِّرِّ
      taraqqab ʔiḏā janna ẓ-ẓalāmu ziyāratī / fa-ʔinnī raʔaytu l-layla ʔaktama li-s-sirri
      When night falls, plan to visit me. For I believe night is the time that keeps secrets best.
Conjugation

Noun

جِنّ (jinnm (collective, singulative جِنِّي f (jinnī) or جَانّ (jānn) or جِنِّيَة (jinniya))

  1. jinn, genies, demons, fairies (either helpful or malevolent unseen beings)
Declension

Etymology 2

Denominal verb from جِنّ (jinn, jinn, spirit, demon).

Verb

جُنَّ (junna) I, non-past يُجَنُّ‎ (yujannu)

  1. to be possessed, to be insane, to be crazy, to be mad
Conjugation

Etymology 4

Noun

جَنّ (jannm

  1. verbal noun of جُنَّ (junna) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of جَنَّ (janna) (form I)
Declension

Baluchi

Noun

جن (jan)

  1. woman

Persian

Noun

جن (jenn)

  1. jinn, genie, demon, ghost

Urdu

Noun

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  1. jinn
  2. demon

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