جن

See also: خن

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ج ن ن (j-n-n).

Verb

جَنَّ (janna) I, non-past يَجُنُّ‎ (yajunnu)

  1. to cover, to hide, to conceal, to veil
  2. to envelop, to enshroud, to cloak, to screen
  3. to descend, to fall, to become night
    • 11 Century CE, Wallada bint al-Mustakfi, ترقب إذا جن الظلام زيارتي
      تَرَقَّبْ إِذَا جَنَّ الظَّلَامُ زِيَارَتِي / فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ اللَّيْلَ أَكْتَمَ لِلسِّرِّ
      taraqqab ʾiḏā janna ẓ-ẓalāmu ziyāratī / fa-ʾinnī raʾaytu l-layla ʾaktama li-s-sirri
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Conjugation

Etymology 2

Denominal verb from جِنّ (jinn, jinn, spirit, demon).

Verb

جُنَّ (junna) I, non-past يُجَنُّ‎ (yujannu)

  1. to be possessed, to be insane, to be crazy, to be mad
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Compare Aramaic גניא (ginnaya, a tutelary deity)

Noun

جِنّ (jinn) m (collective, singulative جِنِّيّ (jinniyy))

  1. jinn, genies, demons, fairies (either helpful or malevolent spirits)
Declension

Etymology 4

Noun

جَنّ (jann) m

  1. verbal noun of جُنَّ (junna) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of جَنَّ (janna) (form I)
Declension

Baluchi

Noun

جن (jan)

  1. woman

Persian

Noun

جن (jen)

  1. jinn
  2. spirit
  3. demon
  4. fairy

Urdu

Noun

جن (jin) m

  1. jinn
  2. demon

See also

  • جنی (jinnī)
  • بھوت (bhūt)
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