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Noun [Hebrew]

IPA: /ɡan/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Buffer-גן.wav Forms: גַּן [canonical], gan [romanization], גַּנִּים [indefinite, plural], גַּן־ [construct, singular], גַּנֵּי־ [construct, plural]
Etymology: Probably a nominal from the same root as the Ancient Hebrew verb גָּנַן (“to defend, to protect”), and so having the etymological sense of "a protected thing". Compare Arabic جَنَّة (janna). Etymology templates: {{cog|ar|جَنَّة}} Arabic جَنَّة (janna) Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=גַּן|g=m|pat=קֶטֶל|pl=גַּנִּים|plcons=גַּנֵּי|tr=gan|wv=גַּן}} גַּן • (gan) m (plural indefinite גַּנִּים, singular construct גַּן־, plural construct גַּנֵּי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
  1. a garden Derived forms: גינה, גִּנָּה, גַּן בּוֹטָנִי, גַּן יְלָדִים, גַּן עֵדֶן, רָמַת גַּן (ramat gan) Related terms: גינן, גִּנֵּן, גַּנָּן
    Sense id: en-גן-he-noun-C770M4we Categories (other): Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Hebrew]

IPA: /ɡen/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Forms: גֶּן [canonical], gen [romanization], גֶּנִים [indefinite, plural], גֶּן־ [construct, singular]
Etymology: From German Gen. Accepted by the Academy of the Hebrew Language for similarity to the root ג־נ־ן (g-n-n), which forms words relating to gardening and kindergartens. The German term was coined by Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”) from the aorist infinitive of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”). Etymology templates: {{bor|he|de|Gen}} German Gen, {{der|he|grc|γενεά||generation, descent}} Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”) Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=גן|conswv=גֶּן|g=m|pl=גנים|plwv=גֶּנִים|tr=gen|wv=גֶּן}} גֶּן • (gen) m (plural indefinite גֶּנִים, singular construct גֶּן־)
  1. (genetics) a gene
    Sense id: en-גן-he-noun-ineyo5Ox Categories (other): Genetics, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant target parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant target parameters: 10 90 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Yiddish]

Forms: gan [romanization], ganem [romanization]
Etymology: From Hebrew גַּן. Etymology templates: {{bor|yi|he|גַּן}} Hebrew גַּן, {{root|yi|he|ג־נ־ן}} Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=gan}} גן • (gan) m, {{yi-noun|g=m|pl=גנים|pltr=ganem|tr=gan}} גן • (gan) m, plural גנים (ganem)
  1. (especially in Judaic contexts) garden Tags: especially Synonyms: גאָרטן (gortn) Derived forms: גן־עדן (gan-eydn)

Inflected forms

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        "he:Genetics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a gene"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "genetics",
          "genetics"
        ],
        [
          "gene",
          "gene"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(genetics) a gene"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "genetics",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡen/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Academy of the Hebrew Language",
    "Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen"
  ],
  "word": "גן"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "gan-eydn",
      "word": "גן־עדן"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "גַּן"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew גַּן",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "ג־נ־ן"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hebrew גַּן.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ganem",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "gan"
      },
      "expansion": "גן • (gan) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "גנים",
        "pltr": "ganem",
        "tr": "gan"
      },
      "expansion": "גן • (gan) m, plural גנים (ganem)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yiddish lemmas",
        "Yiddish masculine nouns",
        "Yiddish nouns",
        "Yiddish terms borrowed from Hebrew",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew",
        "Yiddish terms derived from the Hebrew root ג־נ־ן",
        "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "garden"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "garden",
          "garden"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(especially in Judaic contexts) garden"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in Judaic contexts"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "especially"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "gortn",
      "word": "גאָרטן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "גן"
}

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