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جنب

Pronunciation: /d͡ʒa.na.ba/

“جنب” is an Arabic word. Its 20 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to turn aside, decline
  2. to refuse, turn off
  3. to remove
  4. to shun, flee from
  5. to hit sideways
  6. to be far off
  7. to keep far
  8. to shun, avoid
  9. to cause to avoid
  10. to miss, long for
  11. to lead by the side
  12. to place a horse as leader beside another
  13. to be a stranger, reside among strangers
  14. to blow from the south
  15. to blow towards the south
  16. to suffer from pleurisy
  17. to be exposed to the south wind
  18. to keep far, to remove to a distance
  19. to cause (one) to avoid (something or someone)
  20. to put aside

Etymology

Root ج ن ب (j n b), a Proto-Semitic noun *ganb- (“side”).

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