جنت
Arabic
Verb
جنت (form I)
- جَنَّتْ (jannat) /d͡ʒan.nat/: third-person feminine singular past active of جَنَّ (janna)
- جُنَّتْ (junnat) /d͡ʒun.nat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of جَنَّ (janna) and جُنَّ (junna)
Baluchi
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Noun
جنت • (jannat)
Old Anatolian Turkish
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Borrowed from Classical Persian جَنَّت (jannat), borrowed from Arabic جَنَّة (janna).
Noun
جَنَّتْ • (cennet) (plural جنات (cennāt) or جنتلر (cennetler))
Descendants
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
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Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish جَنَّت, borrowed from Classical Persian جَنَّت (jannat), borrowed from Arabic جَنَّة (janna).
Noun
جنت • (cennet) (plural جنات (cennat))
- (originally) garden, park, any outdoor, luxuriant area where plants are grown for ornamental purposes
- (religion) Heaven, paradise, the abode of God or the gods, when considered as a specific location
Derived terms
- جنت قوشی (cennet kuşu, “bird-of-paradise”)
- جنتلك (cennetlik, “destined to paradise”)
- جنتلی (cennetli, “situated in paradise”)
- جنتمكان (cennetmekân, “situated in paradise”)
Descendants
- Turkish: cennet
- → Abkhaz: џьанаҭ (džanat)
- → Albanian: xhennet, xhenet
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: џѐнет, џѐннет, Џѐнет, Џѐннет
- Latin script: džènet, džènnet, Džènet, Džènnet
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cennet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 777
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “جنت”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 188b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جنت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 447
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Paradisus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 1240
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “جنت”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 1661
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cennet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جنت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 681
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Persian جنت (jinnat), from Arabic جِنَّة (jinna, “madness, craziness”).
Noun
جنت • (cinnet)
- madness, craziness, insanity, lunacy, the state of being mad, crazy, or insane
- Synonyms: دلیلك (delilik), دیوانهلك (divânelik), مجنونلق (mecnunluk), مجنونیت (mecnuniyet)
Descendants
- Turkish: cinnet
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cinnet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 822
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “جنت”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[6], Vienna: F. Beck, page 188b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جنت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[7] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 447
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Insania”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[8], Vienna, columns 821-822
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “جنت”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[9], Vienna, column 1661
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cinnet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جنت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[10], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 681
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic جَنَّة (janna).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /d͡ʒan.ˈnat/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒän.nǽt̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒæn.nǽt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒän.nǽt̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | jannat |
| Dari reading? | jannat |
| Iranian reading? | jannat |
| Tajik reading? | jannat |
Noun
| Dari | جنت |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | ҷаннат |
جَنَّت • (jannat)
Descendants
- Dari: جَنَّت (jannat)
- Iranian Persian: جَنَّت (jannat)
- Tajik: ҷаннат (jannat)
- → Baluchi: جنت (jannat)
- → Bengali: জান্নাত (jannat)
- → Chagatai:
- → Gujarati: જન્નત (jannat)
- → Hindustani:
- → Kazakh: жәннат (jännat)
- → Marathi: जन्नत (jannat)
- → Old Anatolian Turkish: جنت (cennet)
- → Pashto: جنت (ǰanát)
- → Turkmen: jennet
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جَنَّت (jannat), borrowed from Arabic جَنَّة (janna).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒən.nət̪/, [d͡ʒɐ̃n.nət̪ᵊ]
Noun
جَنَّت • (jannat) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਜੰਨਤ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | جَنَّت (jannat) | جَنَّتاں (jannatāṉ) |
| oblique | جَنَّت (jannat) | جَنَّتاں (jannatāṉ) |
| vocative | جَنَّتے (jannate) | جَنَّتو (jannato) |
| ablative | جَنَّتوں (jannatoṉ) | جَنَّتاں (jannatāṉ) |
| locative | جَنَّتی (jannatī) | جَنَّتِیں (jannatīṉ) |
| instrumental | جَنَّتِیں (jannatīṉ) | جَنَّتے (jannate) |
Proper noun
جَنَّت • (jannat) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਜੰਨਤ)
- a female given name from Arabic
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جنَّت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz, page 986
- Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “جنت”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
- “ਜੰਨਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جَنَّت (jannat), borrowed from Arabic جَنَّة (janna). First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi جنت (jnt /janat/).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d͡ʒən.nət̪/
Audio (Pakistan): (file) - Rhymes: -ət̪
- Hyphenation: جَنْ‧نَت
Noun
جَنَّت • (jannat) f (Hindi spelling जन्नत)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | جَنَّت (jannat) | جَنَّتیں (jannatẽ) |
| oblique | جَنَّت (jannat) | جَنَّتوں (jannatõ) |
| vocative | جَنَّت (jannat) | جَنَّتو (jannato) |
Proper noun
جَنَّت • (jannat) f (Hindi spelling जन्नत)
- a female given name from Arabic
References
Further reading
- “جنت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “جنت”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
Ushojo
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Borrowed from Urdu جَنَّت (jannat).
Noun
جنت (jannat)