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جَنَّة
paradise /ˈd͡ʒan.na/
nounB1#2215 most common
Also: garden, heaven
Example sentences
الْجَنَّةُ جَمِيلَةٌ.
Paradise is beautiful.
أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ.
I want to enter Paradise.
الْجَنَّةُ تَحْتَ أَقْدَامِ الْأُمَّهَاتِ.
Paradise lies beneath the feet of mothers.
يَبْدُو هٰذَا الْبُسْتَانُ كَأَنَّهُ جَنَّةٌ فِي الرَّبِيعِ.
This orchard looks like a paradise in spring.
يُؤْمِنُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ بِأَنَّ الْأَعْمَالَ الصَّالِحَةَ تُؤَدِّي إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ.
Muslims believe that good deeds lead to Paradise.
وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الْمُتَّقِينَ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ.
God promised the righteous gardens beneath which rivers flow.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جَنَّةٌ | جَنَّاتٌ |
| Genitive | جَنَّةٍ | جَنَّاتٍ |
| Accusative | جَنَّةً | جَنَّاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا جَنَّةُ | يَا جَنَّاتُ |
Word family
جَنَّ (janna)to cover, to fall dark
جِنّ (jinn)jinn, hidden spirits
جَنِين (janīn)fetus, embryo
جُنُون (junūn)madness
جُنَّة (junna)shield, cover
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root j-n-n, meaning to cover, hide, or enclose. A garden covers the bare ground with dense growth, so the same root names both the garden and the walled enclosure. In Arabic the term rose to mean Paradise, the enclosed garden promised in the afterlife.
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