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مجنون

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Arabic

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Root
ج ن ن (j n n)
7 terms

Etymology

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Derived from the passive participle of the verb جُنَّ (junna).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. mad, crazy, insane, possessed
    Synonyms: مَخْبُول (maḵbūl), مَسْعُور (masʕūr)
    هَلْ أَنْتَ مَجْنُونٌ؟hal ʔanta majnūnun?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.

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مَجْنُون (majnūn, mad, crazy).

Adjective

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مجنون (mecnun)

  1. mad, crazy, insane, lunatic, bonkers, not sane, exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind, mentally deranged
    Synonyms: احمق (ahmak), دلی (deli), دیوانه (divane)
  2. possessed, mentally and/or physically controlled by beings such as spirits, ghosts, demons, angels, or gods

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مَجْنُون (majnūn).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? majnūn
Dari reading? majnūn
Iranian reading? majnun
Tajik reading? majnun

Noun

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

  1. crazy, insane
  2. lover

Adjective

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

  1. crazy, insane

Inflection

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Basic forms of مجنون
singular plural
bare مجنون (majnun) مجنون‌ها، مجنونا (majnun-hấ, majnunấ)
definitive direct object مجنون را، مجنون رو (majnun râ, majnuno) مجنون‌ها را، مجنونا رو (majnun-hấ râ, majnunấ ro)
ezâfe مجنون (majnun-e) مجنون‌های، مجنونای (majnun-hấ-ye, majnunấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite
مجنونی (majnun-i) مجنون‌هایی، مجنونایی (majnunấn-i, majnun-hấ-i, 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، مجنونین (majnunid, majnunin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”)
مجنون است، مجنونه (majnun ast, majnune) مجنونند، مجنونن (majnunand, majnunan)

Colloquial.

Urdu

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Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian مَجْنُون (majnūn), from Arabic مَجْنُون (majnūn, crazy, literally possessed by a jinn).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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مَجنُون (majnūnm (Hindi spelling मजनून)

  1. (fiction) Qays ibn al-Mullawah (the hero of the romance Layla and Majnun)
    Synonym: قَیس (qais)
    Coordinate term: لَیلیٰ (lailā)

Adjective

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مَجنُون (majnūn) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मजनून)

  1. possessed

Noun

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مَجنُون (majnūnm (Hindi spelling मजनून)

  1. lunatic
  2. Romeo (a man who is a great lover)

Declension

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Declension of مجنون
singular plural
direct مَجنُون (majnūn) مَجنُون (majnūn)
oblique مَجنُون (majnūn) مَجنُونوں (majnūnõ)
vocative مَجنُون (majnūn) مَجنُونو (majnūno)

Further reading

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  • 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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • مجنون”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.