مجنون
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Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ج ن ن (j n n) |
| 7 terms |
Etymology
Derived from the passive participle of the verb جُنَّ (junna).
Pronunciation
Adjective
مَجْنُون • (majnūn) (feminine مَجْنُونَة (majnūna), masculine plural مَجْنُونُونَ (majnūnūna) or مَجَانِين (majānīn), feminine plural مَجْنُونَات (majnūnāt))
- mad, crazy, insane, possessed
- Synonyms: مَخْبُول (maḵbūl), مَسْعُور (masʕūr)
- هَلْ أَنْتَ مَجْنُونٌ؟
- hal ʔanta majnūnun?
- Are you crazy?
Declension
Declension of adjective مَجْنُون (majnūn)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | مَجْنُون majnūn |
الْمَجْنُون al-majnūn |
مَجْنُونَة majnūna |
الْمَجْنُونَة al-majnūna |
| Nominative | مَجْنُونٌ majnūnun |
الْمَجْنُونُ al-majnūnu |
مَجْنُونَةٌ majnūnatun |
الْمَجْنُونَةُ al-majnūnatu |
| Accusative | مَجْنُونًا majnūnan |
الْمَجْنُونَ al-majnūna |
مَجْنُونَةً majnūnatan |
الْمَجْنُونَةَ al-majnūnata |
| Genitive | مَجْنُونٍ majnūnin |
الْمَجْنُونِ al-majnūni |
مَجْنُونَةٍ majnūnatin |
الْمَجْنُونَةِ al-majnūnati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | مَجْنُونَيْن majnūnayn |
الْمَجْنُونَيْن al-majnūnayn |
مَجْنُونَتَيْن majnūnatayn |
الْمَجْنُونَتَيْن al-majnūnatayn |
| Nominative | مَجْنُونَانِ majnūnāni |
الْمَجْنُونَانِ al-majnūnāni |
مَجْنُونَتَانِ majnūnatāni |
الْمَجْنُونَتَانِ al-majnūnatāni |
| Accusative | مَجْنُونَيْنِ majnūnayni |
الْمَجْنُونَيْنِ al-majnūnayni |
مَجْنُونَتَيْنِ majnūnatayni |
الْمَجْنُونَتَيْنِ al-majnūnatayni |
| Genitive | مَجْنُونَيْنِ majnūnayni |
الْمَجْنُونَيْنِ al-majnūnayni |
مَجْنُونَتَيْنِ majnūnatayni |
الْمَجْنُونَتَيْنِ al-majnūnatayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| sound masculine plural; basic broken plural diptote | sound feminine plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | مَجْنُونِين; مَجَانِين majnūnīn; majānīn |
الْمَجْنُونِين; الْمَجَانِين al-majnūnīn; al-majānīn |
مَجْنُونَات majnūnāt |
الْمَجْنُونَات al-majnūnāt |
| Nominative | مَجْنُونُونَ; مَجَانِينُ majnūnūna; majānīnu |
الْمَجْنُونُونَ; الْمَجَانِينُ al-majnūnūna; al-majānīnu |
مَجْنُونَاتٌ majnūnātun |
الْمَجْنُونَاتُ al-majnūnātu |
| Accusative | مَجْنُونِينَ; مَجَانِينَ majnūnīna; majānīna |
الْمَجْنُونِينَ; الْمَجَانِينَ al-majnūnīna; al-majānīna |
مَجْنُونَاتٍ majnūnātin |
الْمَجْنُونَاتِ al-majnūnāti |
| Genitive | مَجْنُونِينَ; مَجَانِينَ majnūnīna; majānīna |
الْمَجْنُونِينَ; الْمَجَانِينِ al-majnūnīna; al-majānīni |
مَجْنُونَاتٍ majnūnātin |
الْمَجْنُونَاتِ al-majnūnāti |
Descendants
- Gulf Arabic: مينون (maynūn)
- Judeo-Arabic: מג׳נון (majnūn)
- → Hebrew: מג׳נון (majnún)
- Maltese: miġnun
- → Armenian: մաջնուն (maǰnun), մեժլում (mežlum)
- → Azerbaijani: məcnun
- → Classical Persian: مجنون (majnūn)
- → Georgian: მიჯნური (miǯnuri)
- → Hausa: màjànūnī̀
- → Ottoman Turkish: مجنون (mecnun)
- Turkish: mecnun
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “جن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَجْنُون (majnūn, “mad, crazy”).
Adjective
مجنون • (mecnun)
- mad, crazy, insane, lunatic, bonkers, not sane, exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind, mentally deranged
- possessed, mentally and/or physically controlled by beings such as spirits, ghosts, demons, angels, or gods
Derived terms
Descendants
- Turkish: mecnun
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mecnun”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3102
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mecnûn”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 711
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مجنون”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1123
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Insanus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 822
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مجنون”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4410
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مجنون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1752
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَجْنُون (majnūn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | majnūn |
| Dari reading? | majnūn |
| Iranian reading? | majnun |
| Tajik reading? | majnun |
Noun
مجنون • (majnun) (plural مجنونها (majnun-hâ) or مجنونان (majnunân))
Adjective
مجنون • (majnun) (comparative مجنونتَر (majnun-tar), superlative مجنونتَرین (majnun-tarin))
Inflection
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Urdu
Alternative forms
- مَجْنُوں (majnū̃)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مَجْنُون (majnūn), from Arabic مَجْنُون (majnūn, “crazy”, literally “possessed by a jinn”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məd͡ʒ.nuːn/
- Rhymes: -uːn
- Hyphenation: مَج‧نُون
Proper noun
مَجنُون • (majnūn) m (Hindi spelling मजनून)
- (fiction) Qays ibn al-Mullawah (the hero of the romance Layla and Majnun)
Adjective
مَجنُون • (majnūn) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मजनून)
Noun
مَجنُون • (majnūn) m (Hindi spelling मजनून)
Declension
| Declension of مجنون | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| direct | مَجنُون (majnūn) | مَجنُون (majnūn) | ||||||
| oblique | مَجنُون (majnūn) | مَجنُونوں (majnūnõ) | ||||||
| vocative | مَجنُون (majnūn) | مَجنُونو (majnūno) | ||||||
Further reading
- Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “مجنون”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مجنوں”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 570
- “مجنون”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- “مجنون”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.