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, demon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mad͡ʒ.nuːn/

Adjective

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

  1. mad, crazy, insane
    هَلْ أَنْتَ مَجْنُون؟
    hal ʾanta majnūn?
    Are you crazy?

Declension

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)

Noun

مجنون (majnun)

  1. crazy, insane
  2. lover

Adjective

مجنون (majnun) (comparative مجنون‌تر, superlative مجنون‌ترین)

  1. crazy, insane

Inflection

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