jinn

[ jin ]

/ dʒɪn /

noun, plural jinns, (especially collectively) jinn. Islamic Mythology.

any of a class of spirits, lower than the angels, capable of appearing in human and animal forms and influencing humankind for either good or evil.

Also jin·ni [jin-ee] /ˈdʒɪn i/, jin, djin, djinn, djin·ni.

Origin of jinn

1675–85; plural of Arabic jinnī demon

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH jinn

gin jinn

Words nearby jinn

jinju, jink, jinker, jinks, jinmen, jinn, jinnah, jinne, jinni, jinrikisha, jinx

Definition for djinn (2 of 2)

djin

[ jin ]

/ dʒɪn /

noun, plural djins, (especially collectively) djin. Islam.

jinn.

Also djinn, djin·ni

[jin-ee] /ˈdʒɪn i/.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH djin

djin djinn gin jin

Example sentences from the Web for djinn

Then there were djinn, a row of them standing side by side with feet firmly planted to make a barrier.

The Giants From Outer Space |Geoff St. Reynard
The parent has to play the part of Aladdin's djinn; and many a parent has sunk beneath the burden of this service.

A Treatise on Parents and Children |George Bernard Shaw
So the Djinn set to work and got the city ready in a night, sculpture and all.

Home Life in Germany |Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
One had always half expected it, and it does not spring at a djinn's wave out of sterile gold.

In Morocco |Edith Wharton

The djinn was in for a lifer, and was immortal; so thought Challis to himself.

It Never Can Happen Again |William De Morgan

British Dictionary definitions for djinn

jinn

/ (dʒɪn) /

noun

(often functioning as singular) the plural of jinni

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jinn

noun, plural jinns, (especially collectively) jinn. Islamic Mythology.

Origin of jinn

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH jinn

Words nearby jinn

Definition for djinn (2 of 2)

noun, plural djins, (especially collectively) djin. Islam.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH djin

Example sentences from the Web for djinn

British Dictionary definitions for djinn

noun

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jinn

noun, plural jinns, (especially collectively) jinn. Islamic Mythology.

Origin of jinn

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH jinn

Words nearby jinn

Definition for djinn (2 of 2)

noun, plural djins, (especially collectively) djin. Islam.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH djin

Words related to djinn

Example sentences from the Web for djinn

British Dictionary definitions for djinn

noun