C15: from Old French genet, from Catalan ginet, horse of the type used by the Zenete, from Arabic Zanātah the Zenete, a Moorish people renowned for their horsemanship
jennet in American English
(ˈdʒɛnˌɛt; ˈdʒɛnɪt)
noun
a female donkey
Word origin
ME genett < MFr genette < Sp jinete, horseman, mounted soldier < Ar Zenāta, a tribe of Barbary