djinn
English
WOTD – 23 April 2007
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪn/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪn
- Homophones: djin, djinn, gin, jinn
Noun
djinn (plural djinns)
- Alternative spelling of jinn
- 1941, Rupert Gleadow, Magic and Divination, page 125:
- Necromancy meant originally the conjuring up the souls of the dead, and later included the conjuring of all sorts of inhuman spirits such as sylphs, giants, and djinn.
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French
Etymology
From Arabic جِنّ (jinn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʒin/
Audio (file) - Homophones: gin, jean
Noun
djinn m (plural djinns)
- (mythology) jinn, genie
Further reading
- “djinn”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Alternative forms
- jinn, yin
Etymology
Borrowed from French djinn, from Arabic جِنّ (jinn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝin/ [ˈɟ͡ʝĩn]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃin/ [ˈʃĩn]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒin/ [ˈʒĩn]
- Rhymes: -in
Noun
djinn m (plural djinns)
- (mythology) jinn, genie
- Synonym: genio
Swedish
Etymology
Arabic جِنّ (jinn)
Noun
djinn c
- (mythology) jinn
Declension
| Declension of djinn | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | djinn | djinnen | djinner | djinnerna |
| Genitive | djinns | djinnens | djinners | djinnernas |
References
- djinn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- djinn in Svensk ordbok (SO)