jann

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic جَانّ (jānn).

Noun

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jann (plural janns or jinnan or jawan or jinn or jinnah or genies or genii)

  1. (Islam) The father of the jinn preceeding humanity.
  2. (rare, mythology) One of the jinn; a genie.
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Cypriot Arabic

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Root
j-n-n
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic جَنَّ (janna).

Verb

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jann I (present pijinn)

  1. to go mad

References

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  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 189