جنون

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See also: حنون

Arabic

Root
ج ن ن (j n n)
7 terms

Etymology

From جِنّ (jinn).

Noun

جُنُون • (junūn) m

  1. verbal noun of جُنَّ (junna) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of جَنَّ (janna) (form I)
  3. madness, insanity

Declension

Declension of noun جُنُون (junūn)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal جُنُون
junūn 		الْجُنُون
al-junūn 		جُنُون
junūn
Nominative جُنُونٌ
junūnun 		الْجُنُونُ
al-junūnu 		جُنُونُ
junūnu
Accusative جُنُونًا
junūnan 		الْجُنُونَ
al-junūna 		جُنُونَ
junūna
Genitive جُنُونٍ
junūnin 		الْجُنُونِ
al-junūni 		جُنُونِ
junūni

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جُنُون (junūn).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? junūn
Dari reading? junūn
Iranian reading? jonun
Tajik reading? junun

Noun

جنون • (jonun)

  1. madness, insanity
    Synonym: دیوانگی (divânegi)
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 128:
      گرچه با او از جنون دایم غم دل گفته‌ام
      پیش او حال دل زارم اظهار نیست
      garči bā ō az junūn dāyim ğam-i dil gufta'am
      pēš-i ō hāl-i dil-i zāram izhār nēst
      Although I have always, out of madness, told her my heart's sorrows,
      The condition of my wretched heart is not manifest before her.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  2. (pathology) psychosis
    Synonyms: روان‌پریشی (ravân-pariši), سایکوز (sâykoz)

Descendants

  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: जुनून (junūn)
    Urdu: جنون (junūn)
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਜਨੂਨ (janūn)
    Shahmukhi script: جنون (janūn)
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