جنة

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ج ن ن‎ (j-n-n), related to “covering” and “protecting”, sense of a paradise being borrowed from Classical Syriac ܓܰܢܬܳܐ‎ (gannəṯā) or more likely 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))

garden
Synonyms: حَدِيْقَة‎ (ḥadiyqa), بَاحَة‎ (bāḥa), بُسْتَان‎ (bustān)
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)
Singular	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
Plural	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 (ǰanatʿ)
→ Azerbaijani: cənnət
→ Baluchi: جنت‎ (jannat)
→ Bashkir: йәннәт (yännät)
→ Buduma: jénna
→ English: Jannat
→ Fula: aljanna
→ Hausa: aljanna
→ Harari: ጀነት (ǧännät)
→ Ingush: Джаннат (Džannat)
→ Kanuri: zánna
- → Bole: jánnà
- → Lagwan: zànnâ
- → Ngizim: jánnâ
→ Kazakh: жәннат (jännat)
→ Malay: jannah
→ Nogai: еннет (yennet)
→ Pashto: جنت‎ (ǰanát)
→ Persian: جنت‎ (jannat)
- → Ottoman Turkish: جنت‎ (cennet)
  - Turkish: cennet
  - → Abkhaz: џьанаҭ (džanat)
  - → Albanian: xhenet
  - → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: џѐнет, џѐннет, Џѐнет, Џѐннет
    Latin script: džènet, džènnet, Džènet, Džènnet
- → Urdu: جنت‎ (jannat)
→ Rohingya: jonnot
→ Russian: Джанна́т (Džannát), джанна́т (džannát)
→ Tatar: жәннәт (jännät)
→ Tajik: ҷаннат (jannat)
→ Tigre: ጀነት (ǧännät)
→ Tigrinya: ጀነት (ǧännät)
→ Turkmen: jennet
→ Ukrainian: Джанна́т (Džannát), джанна́т (džannát)
→ Uyghur: جەننەت‎ (jennet)
→ Uzbek: jannat

References

Ahrens, Karl (1930), “Christliches im Qoran. Eine Nachlese”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (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

Noun

جِنَّة • (jinna) f (plural جِنَّات‎ (jinnāt))

verbal noun of جُنَّ‎ (junna)
madness, craziness, possession, mania
Synonyms: جُنُون‎ (junūn), جَنّ‎ (jann)
(collective) A class of angels made out of fire.
(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)
Singular	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

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

Declension

Declension of noun جُنَّة (junna)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	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

Etymology

From Arabic جَنَّة‎ (janna).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒanːa/

Noun

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

heaven

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