How to say "madness, wild craziness (colloquial Arabic) → insane, wild (Israeli slang)" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningmadness, wild craziness (colloquial Arabic) → insane, wild (Israeli slang)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
جَنَانَة
janānaג'נאנה
جنانة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ג'ננה
jananaجَانَانَا
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ج-ن-نBuilt on the same faʿāla pattern as this app's slang entry صَبَابَة (sababa) — an abstract noun for a state you're caught up in — and on the very root behind this app's adjectives entry مَجْنُون/מג'נון, 'crazy'. Colloquial speech stretched 'possessed-by-jinn' into 'wild, amazing craziness', the same flip English makes with 'insane' as a compliment.
Related Hebrew word:מג'נוןmajnunمَجْنُون
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In a phrase
هٰذَا جَنَانَة
hādhā janānaהאד'א ג'נאנהthis is insane!
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