جنة

Arabic

Root
ج ن ن (j n n)
9 terms

Etymology 1

Related to جَنّ (jann, “covering, protecting”), the sense of a paradise being borrowed from Classical Syriac ܓܰܢܬܳܐ (gannəṯā) or Middle Persian. Compare Hebrew גַּן (gan), Aramaic גִּנָּא (ginnā), Ugaritic 𐎂𐎐 (gn).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒan.na/

Noun

جَنَّة • (janna) f (plural جَنَّات (jannāt) or جِنَان (jinān))

garden
Synonyms: حَدِيقَة (ḥadīqa), بَاحَة (bāḥa), بُسْتَان (bustān)
paradise, heaven, the Paradise, the Heaven, Elysium
Synonyms: فِرْدَوْس (firdaws), نَعِيم (naʕīm)

Antonyms: سَعِير (saʕīr), لَظَىٰ (laẓā), النَّار (an-nār), جَهَنَّم (jahannam), جَحِيم (jaḥīm), حُطَمَة (ḥuṭama), سَقَر (saqar), هَاوِيَة (hāwiya)

Declension

Declension of noun **جَنَّة** (janna)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جَنَّة janna	الْجَنَّة al-janna	جَنَّة jannat
nominative	جَنَّةٌ jannatun	الْجَنَّةُ al-jannatu	جَنَّةُ jannatu
accusative	جَنَّةً jannatan	الْجَنَّةَ al-jannata	جَنَّةَ jannata
genitive	جَنَّةٍ jannatin	الْجَنَّةِ al-jannati	جَنَّةِ jannati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جَنَّتَيْن jannatayn	الْجَنَّتَيْن al-jannatayn	جَنَّتَيْ jannatay
nominative	جَنَّتَانِ jannatāni	الْجَنَّتَانِ al-jannatāni	جَنَّتَا jannatā
accusative	جَنَّتَيْنِ jannatayni	الْجَنَّتَيْنِ al-jannatayni	جَنَّتَيْ jannatay
genitive	جَنَّتَيْنِ jannatayni	الْجَنَّتَيْنِ al-jannatayni	جَنَّتَيْ jannatay
plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جَنَّات‎; جِنَان jannāt‎; jinān	الْجَنَّات‎; الْجِنَان al-jannāt‎; al-jinān	جَنَّات‎; جِنَان jannāt‎; jinān
nominative	جَنَّاتٌ‎; جِنَانٌ jannātun‎; jinānun	الْجَنَّاتُ‎; الْجِنَانُ al-jannātu‎; al-jinānu	جَنَّاتُ‎; جِنَانُ jannātu‎; jinānu
accusative	جَنَّاتٍ‎; جِنَانًا jannātin‎; jinānan	الْجَنَّاتِ‎; الْجِنَانَ al-jannāti‎; al-jināna	جَنَّاتِ‎; جِنَانَ jannāti‎; jināna
genitive	جَنَّاتٍ‎; جِنَانٍ jannātin‎; jinānin	الْجَنَّاتِ‎; الْجِنَانِ al-jannāti‎; al-jināni	جَنَّاتِ‎; جِنَانِ jannāti‎; jināni

Related terms

جَنَائِنِيّ (janāʔiniyy, “gardener”)
جَنَّان (jannān, “gardener”)
جُنَيْنَة (junayna, “little garden, garden”)

Descendants

Maltese: ġnien, ġenna
→ Afar: gannat
→ Amharic: ጀነት (ǧännät)
→ Armenian: ջանաթ (ǰanatʻ)
→ Bashkir: йәннәт (yənnət)
→ Buduma: jénna
→ Classical Persian: جنت (jannat)
- Dari: جَنَّت (jannat)
- Iranian Persian: جَنَّت (jannat)
- Tajik: ҷаннат (jannat)
- → Baluchi: جنت (jannat)
- → Bengali: জান্নাত (jannat)
- → Chagatai:
  - Uyghur: جەننەت (jennet)
  - Uzbek: jannat
- → Gujarati: જન્નત (jannat)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: जन्नत (jannat)
  Urdu: جَنَّت (jannat)
- → Kazakh: жәннат (jännat)
- → Marathi: जन्नत (jannat)
- → Old Anatolian Turkish: جنت (cennet)
  - Azerbaijani: cənnət
  - Gagauz: cennet
  - Ottoman Turkish: جنت
    - Turkish: cennet
    - → Abkhaz: џьанаҭ (džanat)
    - → Albanian: xhennet, xhenet
    - → Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: џѐнет, џѐннет, Џѐнет, Џѐннет
      Latin script: džènet, džènnet, Džènet, Džènnet
- → Pashto: جنت (ǰanát)
- → Turkmen: jennet
→ English: Jannat
→ Fula: aljanna
→ Hausa: aljanna
→ Harari: ጀነት (ǧännät)
→ Ingush: Джаннат (Džannat)
→ Karaim: джанат (canat)
→ Kanuri: zánna
- → Bole: jánnà
- → Lagwan: zànnâ
- → Ngizim: jánnâ
→ Malay: jannah
→ Nogai: еннет (yennet)
→ Rohingya: jonnot
→ Russian: Джанна́т (Džannát), джанна́т (džannát)
→ Tatar: жәннәт (jännät)
→ Tigre: ጀነት (ǧännät)
→ Tigrinya: ጀነት (ǧännät)
→ Ukrainian: Джанна́т (Džannát), джанна́т (džannát)

References

Ahrens, Karl (1930) “Christliches im Qoran. Eine Nachlese”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[1] (in German), volume 84, page 27
Wehr, Hans (1979) “جن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Noun

جِنَّة • (jinna) f (plural جِنَّات (jinnāt))

verbal noun of جُنَّ (junna)
madness, craziness, possession, mania
Synonyms: جُنُون (junūn), جَنّ (jann)
(rare) a jinn, demon, genie
Synonyms: جِنِّي (jinnī), جَانّ (jānn)
(plural only, Classical Arabic) jinn, demons, genies
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 114:6:
  مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ
  mina l-jinnati wan-nāsi
  from among the jinn/demons and Men.

Declension

Declension of noun **جِنَّة** (jinna)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جِنَّة jinna	الْجِنَّة al-jinna	جِنَّة jinnat
nominative	جِنَّةٌ jinnatun	الْجِنَّةُ al-jinnatu	جِنَّةُ jinnatu
accusative	جِنَّةً jinnatan	الْجِنَّةَ al-jinnata	جِنَّةَ jinnata
genitive	جِنَّةٍ jinnatin	الْجِنَّةِ al-jinnati	جِنَّةِ jinnati

Noun

جُنَّة • (junna) f

thing which veils, conceals, hides, covers, or protects
weapon or armor, a thing used to protect oneself, anything protective or defensive
piece of cloth which a woman wears covering the face and the two sides of the bosom, a type of hijab or veil

Declension

Declension of noun **جُنَّة** (junna)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جُنَّة junna	الْجُنَّة al-junna	جُنَّة junnat
nominative	جُنَّةٌ junnatun	الْجُنَّةُ al-junnatu	جُنَّةُ junnatu
accusative	جُنَّةً junnatan	الْجُنَّةَ al-junnata	جُنَّةَ junnata
genitive	جُنَّةٍ junnatin	الْجُنَّةِ al-junnati	جُنَّةِ junnati

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ج ن ن
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic جَنَّة (janna).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒan.na/, [d͡ʒan.na], [ʒan.na]

Noun

جَنَّة • (janna) f (plural جَنَّات (jannāt))

heaven