جنين

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ج ن ن (j-n-n)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.niːn/

Noun

جَنِين • (janīn) m (plural أَجِنَّة (ʔajinna))

  1. embryo, foetus
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 53:32:
      هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنْشَأَكُمْ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنْتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ
      huwa ʔaʕlamu bikum ʔiḏ ʔanšaʔakum mina l-ʔarḍi waʔiḏ ʔantum ʔajinnatun fī buṭūni ʔummahātikum
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. seed germ
Declension
Descendants
  • Gulf Arabic: جنين (janīn)
  • Azerbaijani: cənin
  • Malay: janin
  • Indonesian: janin
  • Persian: جنین
    • Tajik: ҷанин (janin)
    • Urdu: جنین
  • Ottoman Turkish: جنین (cenîn)
    • Turkish: cenin

Etymology 2

Grammatically belongs to the root ج ن ن (j-n-n). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

جِنِين • (jinīn) f

  1. Jenin (a city in the West Bank, Palestine).
Declension

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒi.niːn/, [ʒɪˈniːn]
  • (file)

Proper noun

جنين • (jinīn) f

  1. Jenin (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)
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