jannen

Cypriot Arabic

Root
j-n-n
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جَنَّنَ (jannana).

Verb

jannen II (present pijannen)

1. to go mad

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 189