مجنون

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Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of passive verb جُنَّ (junna, to be mad, insane, possessed), based on the root ج ن ن (j-n-n) of جِنّ (jinn, jinn, demon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mad͡ʒ.nuːn/
  • Egyptian: IPA(key): /mæɡˈnuːn/
  • Gulf: IPA(key): /meɪjˈnuːn/

Adjective

مَجْنُون (majnūn) (feminine مَجْنُونَة (majnūna), masculine plural مَجَانِين (majānīn), feminine plural مَجْنُونَات (majnūnāt))

  1. mad, crazy, insane, possessed
    هَلْ أَنْتَ مَجْنُون؟
    hal ʔanta majnūn?
    Are you crazy?
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 54:9:
      كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا مَجْنُونٌ وَازْدُجِرَ
      kaḏḏabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin fakaḏḏabū ʕabdanā waqālū majnūnun wāzdujira
      The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.

Declension

Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: مينون (maynūn)
  • Judeo-Arabic: מג'נון (majnūn)
  • Maltese: miġnun
  • Persian: مجنون (majnun)
  • Turkish: mecnun

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “جن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

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Noun

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  1. crazy, insane
  2. lover

Adjective

مجنون (majnun) (comparative مجنون‌تَر (majnun-tar), superlative مجنون‌تَرین (majnun-tarin))

  1. crazy, insane

Inflection

    Enclitic-attached forms of مجنون (majnun) (Iranian Persian)
    Basic forms of مجنون (majnun)
singular plural
bare مجنون
(majnún)
مجنون‌ها
(majnun-hấ)
مجنونا
(majnunấ)
definitive direct object مجنون را
(majnún râ)
مجنون رو
(majnúno)
مجنون‌ها را
(majnun-hấ râ)
مجنونا رو
(majnunấ ro)
ezâfe مجنون
(majnún-e)
مجنون‌های
(majnun-hấ-ye)
مجنونای
(majnunấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite
مجنونی
(majnún-i)
مجنون‌هایی
(majnunấn-i, majnun-hấ-i)
مجنونایی
(majnunấi)
Colloquial.
    Predicative forms of مجنون (majnun)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”)
مجنونم
(majnúnam)
مجنونیم
(majnúnim)
2nd person
(“you are”)
مجنونی
(majnúni)
مجنونید
(majnúnid)
مجنونین
(majnúnin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”)
مجنون است
(majnún ast)
مجنونه
(majnúne)
مجنونند
(majnúnand)
مجنونن
(majnúnan)
Colloquial.