How to say "crazy" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningcrazy
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَجْنُون
majnūnמג'נון
مجنون
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
משוגע
meshugaمِشُوگَا
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ج-ن-نIsraeli slang majnun (מג'נון), 'crazy about something', is borrowed straight from Arabic. The root j-n-n, 'hidden', also gives the jinn — a majnūn is literally someone the jinn got to.
Related Hebrew word:מג'נוןmajnunمَجْنُون
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
حْمق
ḥmeqחמקA different word: ḥmeq is the Darija 'crazy'.
In a phrase
فِكْرَة مَجْنُونَة
fikra majnūnaפכרה מג'נונהa crazy idea
Plural
مَجَانِين
majānīnמג'אניןbroken plural maCāCīC — like مفتاح→مفاتيح
Feminine
مَجْنُونَة
majnūnaמג'נונה