جنة

Arabic

Root
ج ن ن (j-n-n)

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))

1. garden

   Synonyms: حَدِيقَة (ḥadīqa), بَاحَة (bāḥa), بُسْتَان (bustān)

2. 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)
	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
	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)
  • → Azerbaijani: cənnət
  • → 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)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: جنت (cennet)
    • 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))

1. verbal noun of جُنَّ (junna)
2. madness, craziness, possession, mania

   Synonyms: جُنُون (junūn), جَنّ (jann)

3. (collective) A class of angels made out of fire.
4. (collective, in the plural, rare or Classical Arabic) jinn

   Synonyms: جِنّ (jinn), جَوَان (jawān), جِنَّان (jinnān)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 114:6:

     مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ

     mina l-jinnati wan-nāsi

     from among the jinn and Man.

Declension

Declension of noun جِنَّة (jinna)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	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

1. thing which veils, conceals, hides, covers, or protects
2. weapon or armor, a thing used to protect oneself, anything protective or defensive
3. 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)
	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/

Noun

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

1. heaven