جنس

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جنس¹

  • /d͡ʒins/
  • /ɡans/ Morocco
  • /ʒins/ Morocco

Where it comes from

Probably from Classical Syriac ܓܸܢܣܵܐ (gensā), which is in turn probably from Ancient Greek γένος (génos), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os. Alternatively, but much less likely, from Latin genus from the same Indo-European etymon. For the word's meanings, compare with German Geschlecht (“race; genus; maleness or femaleness; grammatical gender”).

noun جِنْس · jins · أَجْنَاس · الْجِنْس

  1. countable a kind; a variety; a breed اَلْجَزَاءُ مِنْ جِنْسِ الْعَمَل

    Similar: صَنْف, نَوْع, نَمَط, طِرَاز, فِئَة, فَصِيلَة, سُلَالَة

  2. countable the quality of maleness or femaleness

    Similar: مَقُولَة, مَحْمُولَة

  3. countable grammatical gender

    Similar: مَقُولَة, مَحْمُولَة

  4. countable, of animals or plants a stock; a breed الجِنْس البَشَرِيّ

    Similar: مَقُولَة, مَحْمُولَة

  5. countable genus

    Similar: مَقُولَة, مَحْمُولَة

  6. Arabic, Modern, Standard, sometimes, uncountable, vulgar sex, sexual intercourse باتت هذه التطلعات الاشتراكية من یوتوبيات عصور الانقراض التي عفا عليها الزمن و تجاوزها التاريخ، ليحل محلها في الأولوية الاباحية الجنسية والدعارة المنظمة وانحلال الاسرة وانحدار الاخلاقيات الجنسية إلى مراتب حيوانية بهيمية، علما انه لا توجد مشاعية جنسية حيوانية الا في فترة محدودة هي موسم التكاثر، وممارس

    Similar: مُضَاجَعَة, جِمَاع, نِكَاح, نَيْك

  7. value, worth, distinction which reflects in a different price, richness كركند: الغافقي قيل أنه حجر يشبه الياقوت الأحمر غير أنه ليس في نضارته ولا جنسه وإذا نفخ عليه النار انكسر والمبرد يعمل فيه عملاً خفيفاً.
  8. good or item of value of a furnishing, a valuable, commodity

جنس²

Where it comes from

From the noun جِنْس (jins, “kind, sort”) and جِنْسِيَّة (jinsiyya, “nationality”).

verb جَنَّسَ · jannasa · يُجَنِّسُ · تَجْنِيس · مُجَنِّس

  1. to make alike, to make similar
  2. to assimilate, to naturalize
  3. to class, to classify, to sort, to categorize
  4. to give nationality to

In English

  • gender division, class, kind
  • genus rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
  • sex reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male)
  • sexuality sexual identity

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {جنس},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%B3},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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