jananun jananN جَنَنٌ Bookmark Bookmarked Share 1.A grave; (S, K;) because it conceals the dead: (TA:) and so ↓ جَنِينٌ, of the measure فَعيلٌ in the sense of the measure فَاعِلٌ. (Er-Rághib, TA.) 2.Grave-clothing; (K;) for the same reason. (TA.) 3.A garment that conceals the body. (TA.) [See also جَنَانٌ.]4. -A2- A dead body; (S, K;) because concealed in the grave; the word being of the measure فَعَلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ, like نَفَضٌ in the sense of مَنْفُوضٌ. (TA.)