جنین

See also: جنين, چنین, حنئن, and حنين

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic جَنِين (janīn).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.ˈniːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.níːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.níːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.nín]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæ.níːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.nín]

Readings
Classical reading^?	janīn
Dari reading^?	janīn
Iranian reading^?	janin
Tajik reading^?	janin

Noun

جنین • (janin)

embryo, foetus
― towse'e-ye janin ― fetal development
- early 1300s, Sayf-i Farghanī, دیوان سیف‎^[1]:
  ناقص بماند مرد چو کامل نشد بعشق
  همچون جنین که از شکم مادر اوفتاد
  nāqis bimānad mard čū kāmil na-šud bi išq
  hamčūn janīn ki az šikam-i mādar ūftād
  Man remains incomplete when he has not been completed with love,
  Like the fetus that falls out of its mother's belly.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

جفت جنین (joft-e janin, “placenta”)
سقط جنین (seqt-e janin, “abortion”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic جِنِين (jinīn).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.ˈniːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɪ.níːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɪ.níːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒi.nín]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒe.níːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒi.nín]

Readings
Classical reading^?	jinīn
Dari reading^?	jinīn
Iranian reading^?	jenin
Tajik reading^?	jinin

Proper noun

جنین • (jenin)

Jenin (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)