See also: جنب, خنب, حنت, and خنت

Arabic

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Verb

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جنت (form I)

  1. جَنَّتْ (jannat) /d͡ʒan.nat/: third-person feminine singular past active of جَنَّ (janna)
  2. جُنَّتْ (junnat) /d͡ʒun.nat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of جَنَّ (janna) and جُنَّ (junna)

Baluchi

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Etymology

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From Arabic جَنَّة (janna).

Noun

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جنت (jannat)

  1. paradise, heaven

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from Classical Persian جَنَّت (jannat), borrowed from Arabic جَنَّة (janna).

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    جنت (cennet) (plural جنات (cennat))

    1. (originally) garden, park, any outdoor, luxuriant area where plants are grown for ornamental purposes
      Synonyms: باغ (bağ), باغچه (bağçe), فردوس (firdevs)
    2. (religion) Heaven, paradise, the abode of God or the gods, when considered as a specific location
      Synonyms: اوچماق (uçmak), فردوس (firdevs)
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    Etymology 2

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    Borrowed from Classical Persian جنت (jinnat), from Arabic جِنَّة (jinna, madness, craziness).

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    جنت (cinnet)

    1. madness, craziness, insanity, lunacy, the state of being mad, crazy, or insane
      Synonyms: دلیلك (delilik), دیوانه‌لك (divânelik), مجنونلق (mecnunluk), مجنونیت (mecnuniyet)
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    Persian

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Arabic جَنَّة (janna).

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      Readings
      Classical reading? jannat
      Dari reading? jannat
      Iranian reading? jannat
      Tajik reading? jannat

      Noun

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      Dari جنت
      Iranian Persian
      Tajik ҷаннат

      جَنَّت (jannat)

      1. paradise
        Synonym: بِهِشْت (behešt)
      2. heaven
        Synonyms: آسْمان (āsmān), عرش (arš)

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      Urdu

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      Etymology

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        Borrowed from Classical Persian جَنَّت (jannat), borrowed from Arabic جَنَّة (janna). First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi جنت (jnt /⁠janat⁠/).[1]

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        جَنَّت (jannatf (Hindi spelling जन्नत)

        1. heaven, paradise
          Synonyms: بَہِشْت (bahiśt), فِرْدَوس (firdaus)
          Antonyms: جَہَنَّم (jahannam), دوزَخ (dozax)
        2. (technology) abacus

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            Declension of جنت
        singular plural
        direct جَنَّت (jannat) جَنَّتیں (jannatẽ)
        oblique جَنَّت (jannat) جَنَّتوں (jannatõ)
        vocative جَنَّت (jannat) جَنَّتو (jannato)

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        جَنَّت (jannatf (Hindi spelling जन्नत)

        1. a female given name from Arabic

        References

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        1. ^ جنت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

        Further reading

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        • جنت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
        • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “جنت”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]

        Ushojo

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        Etymology

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          Borrowed from Urdu جَنَّت (jannat).

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          جنت (jannat)

          1. heaven, paradise
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