Arabic for joke

majana
ﻣَﺠَﻦَ
joke – past tense he
yamjunu
ﻳَﻤﺠُﻦُ
joke – present tense he

The Arabic verb for joke is written ﻣَﺠَﻦَ and pronunced majana in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﻤﺠُﻦُ and pronounced yamjunu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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

Word related to joke

All letters in joke

ﻣَﺠَﻦَ
ﻣـ
ـﺠـ
ـﻦ
 
ﻣـ
ـﺠـ
ـﻦ
 
ﻣـ
ـﻤـ
ـﻢ
ﺟـ
ـﺠـ
ـﺞ
ﻧـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻦ
 
mim
m
jim
j
nun
n
 
 
The Arabic word for joke consists of: The letter mim that is written ﻡ ( here ﻣـ ) and pronounced m 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 jim that is written ﺝ ( here ـﺠـ ) and pronounced j 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 nun that is written ﻥ ( here ـﻦ ) 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. Therefore, the word is writen ﻣَﺠَﻦَ and pronounced majana.
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 joke

fa3ala becomes majana

We have seen that the Arabic word for joke is written ﻣَﺠَﻦَ and pronounced majana. It follows the pattern verb form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3ala and the root letters are m, j and n, the word becomes majana.
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

Words with the same pattern as joke

Conjugations of joke

past tense
present tense
he
majana
ﻣَﺠَﻦَ
he - past tense
yamjunu
ﻳَﻤﺠُﻦُ
he - present tense
she
majanat
ﻣَﺠَﻨَﺖ
she - past tense
tamjunu
ﺗَﻤﺠُﻦُ
she - present tense
I
majantu
ﻣَﺠَﻨﺖُ
I - past tense
'amjunu
ﺃَﻣﺠُﻦُ
I - present tense