جنون

See also: حنون

Arabic

Root
ج ن ن (j n n)
10 terms

Etymology

From جِنّ (jinn).

Noun

جُنُون • (junūn) m

verbal noun of جُنَّ (junna) (form I)
verbal noun of جَنَّ (janna) (form I)
madness, insanity

Declension

Declension of noun **جُنُون** (junūn)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جُنُون junūn	الْجُنُون al-junūn	جُنُون junūn
nominative	جُنُونٌ junūnun	الْجُنُونُ al-junūnu	جُنُونُ junūnu
accusative	جُنُونًا junūnan	الْجُنُونَ al-junūna	جُنُونَ junūna
genitive	جُنُونٍ junūnin	الْجُنُونِ al-junūni	جُنُونِ junūni

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جُنُون (junūn).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒu.ˈnuːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊ.núːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊ.núːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒu.nún]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒo.núːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒu.nún]

Readings
Classical reading^?	junūn
Dari reading^?	junūn
Iranian reading^?	jonun
Tajik reading^?	junun

Noun

جنون • (jonun)

madness, insanity
Synonym: دیوانگی (divânegi)
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 128:
  گرچه با او از جنون دایم غم دل گفته‌ام
  پیش او حال دل زارم اظهار نیست
  garči bā ō az junūn dāyim ġam-i dil gufta'am
  pēš-i ō hāl-i dil-i zāram izhār nēst
  Although I have always, out of madness, told her my heart's sorrows,
  The condition of my wretched heart is [still] not manifest before her.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
(pathology) psychosis
Synonyms: روان‌پریشی (ravân-pariši), سایکوز (sâykoz)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: जुनून (junūn)

Urdu: جنون (junūn)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਜਨੂਨ (janūn)

Shahmukhi script: جنون (janūn)