Jannah
/ˈdʒæn.ə/noun
In Islam, paradise or the garden of the afterlife for the righteous.
Did you know?The Arabic root j-n-n also gives us words tied to concealment and invisibility, like jinn, because the original idea is something covered, hidden, or veiled.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
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*gann- / *jann-
“A root meaning to cover, conceal, or garden-like enclosure”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
jannah (جنة)
“Garden; paradise; the hidden garden of the afterlife”
Qur'anic Arabic
Arabic
al-jannah
“The Garden, the promised paradise of the righteous”
Middle Arabic
Arabic
jannat
“Paradise in religious and literary usage”
Modern English
English
Jannah
“A transliterated term for Islamic paradise”