Arabic for pun

jinaas
ﺟِﻨَﺎﺱ
pun – masculine singular

The Arabic word for pun is pronounced jinaas and written ﺟِﻨَﺎﺱ.

Category: linguistics
Part of speech: noun. Pattern: verbal noun

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Important letters:
The root of the word pun consists of three Arabic letters: jim that is written and pronounced j, nun that is written and pronounced n and sin that is written and pronounced s. Words with the same root letters are often related.

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The letters of pun

ﺟِﻨَﺎﺱ
ﺟـ
ـﻨـ
ـﺎ
 
ﺟـ
ـﻨـ
ـﺎ
 
ﺟـ
ـﺠـ
ـﺞ
ﻧـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻦ
ـﺎ
ﺳـ
ـﺴـ
ـﺲ
 
jim
j
nun
n
alef
sin
s
 
 
The Arabic word for pun consists of: The letter jim that is written ﺝ ( here ﺟـ ) and pronounced j and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel i that is written as the sign ِ under the letter. The letter nun that is written ﻥ ( here ـﻨـ ) and pronounced n and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter alef that is written ﺍ ( here ـﺎ ) and pronounced . The letter sin that is written ﺱ and pronounced s and is a part of the root of the word. Therefore, the word is writen ﺟِﻨَﺎﺱ and pronounced jinaas.
Arabic is written from right to left. Short vowels are placed above or under the letters, the are usually omitted.
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The pattern for pun

fi3aal becomes jinaas

We have seen that the Arabic word for pun is written ﺟِﻨَﺎﺱ and pronounced jinaas. It follows the pattern verbal noun form 3. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fi3aal where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fi3aal and the root letters are j, n and s, the word becomes jinaas.
All Arabic words with the same pattern follow the same structure. If you know the pattern and root of a word, you can often guess its meaning. Learn more about Arabic word patterns

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