Note 268 — THE TALE OF THE WARLOCK AND THE YOUNG COOK OF BAGHDAD.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
“Janánan,” which, says M. Houdas is the vulgar form of “Jannatan” = the garden (of Paradise). The Wazir thus played a trick upon his hearers. [The word in the text may read “Jinánan,” accusative of “Jinán,” which is the broken plural of “Jannah,” along with the regular plural “Jannát,” and, like the latter, used for the gardens of Paradise.—St.]