مجنون

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of passive verb جُنَّ (junna, to be mad, insane, possessed), based on the root ج ن ن (j-n-n) of جِنّ (jinn, jinn, demon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mad͡ʒ.nuːn/
  • Rhymes: -uːn

Adjective

مَجْنُون (majnūn) (feminine مَجْنُونَة (majnūna), masculine plural مَجَانِين (majānīn), feminine plural مَجْنُونَات (majnūnāt))

  1. mad, crazy, insane, possessed
    هَلْ أَنْتَ مَجْنُون؟
    hal ʔanta majnūn?
    Are you crazy?
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 54:9:
      كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا مَجْنُونٌ وَازْدُجِرَ
      kaḏḏabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin fakaḏḏabū ʕabdanā wa-qālū majnūnun wa-zdujira
      The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.

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Descendants

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), جن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَجْنُون (majnūn).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /mad͡ʒˈnun/

Noun

مجنون (majnun) (plural مجنون‌ها (majnun-hâ) or مجنونان (majnunân))

  1. crazy, insane
  2. lover

Adjective

مجنون (majnun) (comparative مجنون‌تَر (majnun-tar), superlative مجنون‌تَرین (majnun-tarin))

  1. crazy, insane

Inflection

    Enclitic-attached forms of مجنون (majnun)
    Basic forms of مجنون (majnun)
singular plural
bare مجنون
(majnun)
مجنون‌ها
(majnun-hấ)
مجنونا
(majnunấ)
definitive direct object مجنون را
(majnun râ)
مجنون رو
(majnuno)
مجنون‌ها را
(majnun-hấ râ)
مجنونا رو
(majnunấ ro)
ezâfe مجنون
(majnun-e)
مجنون‌های
(majnun-hấ-ye)
مجنونای
(majnunấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite
مجنونی
(majnun-i)
مجنون‌هایی
(majnunấn-i, majnun-hấ-i)
مجنونایی
(majnunấi)
Colloquial.
    Predicative forms of مجنون (majnun)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”)
مجنونم
(majnunam)
مجنونیم
(majnunim)
2nd person
(“you are”)
مجنونی
(majnuni)
مجنونید
(majnunid)
مجنونین
(majnunin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”)
مجنون است
(majnun ast)
مجنونه
(majnune)
مجنونند
(majnunand)
مجنونن
(majnunan)
Colloquial.
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