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

Example sentences from the Web for jinni

Mr. Theodore Bent found the same superstitious dread of the jinni both in the Hadramaut and in Dhofar.

The Sacred Tree |J. H. Philpot
If you take a jinni or a swan-maiden you can go from Cairo to Bokhara in less time than our best expresses could cover a mile.

The Life of Sir Richard Burton |Thomas Wright
Who does not sympathise with the Trader who killed the invisible son of the jinni?

The Life of Sir Richard Burton |Thomas Wright
In the case of the jinni of Arabia the connection 54 with trees is more clearly demonstrable.

The Sacred Tree |J. H. Philpot

The building is the abode of jinni, and no one who goes in is ever able to come out by the same door.

Southern Arabia |Theodore Bent

British Dictionary definitions for jinni (1 of 2)

jinni

jinnee, djinni or djinny

/ (dʒɪˈniː, ˈdʒɪnɪ) /

noun plural jinn or djinn (dʒɪn)

a being or spirit in Muslim belief who could assume human or animal form and influence man by supernatural powers

Word Origin for jinni

C17: from Arabic

British Dictionary definitions for jinni (2 of 2)

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

Example sentences from the Web for jinni

British Dictionary definitions for jinni (1 of 2)

jinnee, djinni or djinny

noun plural jinn or djinn (dʒɪn)

Word Origin for jinni

British Dictionary definitions for jinni (2 of 2)

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

Words related to jinni

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jinnee, djinni or djinny

noun plural jinn or djinn (dʒɪn)

Word Origin for jinni

British Dictionary definitions for jinni (2 of 2)

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