جنة

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جنة^¹

/d͡ʒan.na/

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Inherited from Proto-Semitic, the sense of a paradise being borrowed from Classical Syriac ܓܰܢܬܳܐ (gannəṯā). Compare Hebrew גַּן (gan), Aramaic גִּנָּא (ginnā), Ugaritic 𐎂𐎐 (gn). Synchronically, related to جَنّ (jann, “to cover, to hide”)

noun جَنَّة · janna · جَنَّات · جِنَان · الْجَنَّة

garden
Similar: حَدِيقَة, بَاحَة, بُسْتَان
paradise, heaven, the Paradise, the Heaven, Elysium
Similar: فِرْدَوْس, نَعِيم · Opposite: سَعِير, لَظَىٰ, النَّار, جَهَنَّم, جَحِيم, حُطَمَة, سَقَر, هَاوِيَة

جنة^²

noun جِنَّة · jinna · جِنَّات · الْجِنَّة

noun from verb verbal noun of جُنَّ (junna)
madness, craziness, possession, mania
Similar: جُنُون, جَنّ
rare a jinn, demon, genie
Similar: جِنِّي, جَانّ
Classical, plural, plural only jinn, demons, genies مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ

noun جُنَّة · junna · الْجُنَّة · جُنَّةٌ

thing which veils, conceals, hides, covers, or protects
weapon or armor, a thing used to protect oneself, anything protective or defensive
piece of cloth which a woman wears covering the face and the two sides of the bosom, a type of hijab or veil

In English

garden piece of land outside with flowers and plants
paradise heaven
genie an unseen being in Muslim theology

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {جنة},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

جنة