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]

• (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)

1. embryo, foetus

   توسعه جنین ― 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

• سِقطِ جَنین (seqt-e janin, “abortion”)

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic جِنِين (jinīn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒi.ˈniːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɪ.níːn]

• (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)

1. Jenin (a city in the West Bank, Palestine).