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Where does “جِنَّت” come from?
جِنَّت (Classical Persian) comes from Arabic جنة, from Classical Syriac ܓܢܬܐ, from Aramaic גַנְתָא.
Ancestry of “جِنَّت”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Arabic
جنة
garden; paradise, heaven; verbal noun of جُنَّ
2
Classical Syriac
ܓܢܬܐ
garden, park
3
Aramaic
גַנְתָא
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