genie

genie

See also: Genie, génie, Génie, and -génie

English

Alternative forms

• jinn, djinn, djinni, djinny, jinni, jinnie, jinnee

Etymology

From French génie (“genius, genie”) (used to translate Arabic جِنّيّ‎ (jinnī) based on similarity of sound and sense) from Latin genius (“household guardian spirit”)

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒiː.ni/
• Rhymes: -iːni

Noun

genie (plural genii or genies)

1. (Islam) A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.
2. (mythology) A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.

   genie in a bottle

Derived terms

• genie is out of the bottle
• put the genie back in the bottle

 

Translations

an unseen being in Muslim theology

Arabic: جَاْنّ‎ (ar) (jānn) جِنّ‎ pl (jinn), جِنَّة‎ (ar) pl (jinna) Bulgarian: джин (bg) m (džin) Chinese: Mandarin: 神靈／神灵 (zh) (shénlíng), 神仙 (zh) (shénxiān), 巨靈／巨灵 (zh) (jùlíng), 鎮尼／镇尼 (zhènní) Czech: džin (cs) m French: jinn (fr) m, djinn (fr) m, génie (fr) m Georgian: ჯინი (ka) (ǯini), სული (ka) (suli) German: Dschinn (de) m, Djinn m Greek: τζίνι (el) m (tzíni), δαιμόνιο (el) n (daimónio) Ancient: δαιμόνιον n (daimónion) Hebrew: ג'יני‎ (jini) Hindi: जिन्न (hi) m (jinna), जिन (hi) m (jin), जिन्द (hi) m (jind) Hungarian: dzsinn (hu) Japanese: 精霊 (ja) (せいれい, seirei, しょうりょう, shōryō), ジン (ja) (jin) Korean: 지니 (jini) Latin: daemonium genius Malay: jin Mwani: jini Persian: جن‎ (fa) (jenn) Polish: dżinn (pl) m Portuguese: gênio (pt) m Romanian: geniu (ro) n Russian: джинн (ru) m (džinn), дух (ru) m (dux) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: џин m, дух m Roman: džin (sh) m, duh (sh) m Spanish: genio (es) m Swahili: jini (sw) Turkish: cin (tr), çor (tr) (archaic Turkish) Urdu: جن‎

a fictional magical being

Albanian: xhind (sq) m Arabic: جِنّ‎ pl (jinn), جِنِّيّ‎ m (jinniyy) Azerbaijani: cin (az) Bashkir: ен (yen) Belarusian: джын m (džyn) Bengali: জ্বীন (jẇīn) Bulgarian: джин (bg) m (džin) Chinese: Mandarin: 神靈／神灵 (zh) (shénlíng), 神仙 (zh) (shénxiān), 巨靈／巨灵 (zh) (jùlíng) Czech: džin (cs) m Finnish: henki (fi) French: génie (fr) m, djinn (fr) m Georgian: ჯინი (ka) (ǯini) German: Dschinn (de) m, Djinn m Hebrew: ג'יני‎ (jini) Hindi: जिन्न (hi) m (jinna), जिन (hi) m (jin), जिन्द (hi) m (jind) Hungarian: dzsinn (hu) Italian: genio (it) m Japanese: 精霊 (ja) (せいれい, seirei, しょうりょう, shōryō), ジン (ja) (jin) Kazakh: жын (kk) (jyn), жін (jın) Kyrgyz: жин (ky) (jin) Macedonian: џин m (džin) Malay: jin Maori: ariā Mwani: jini Pashto: جن‎ (ps) m (ǰen) Persian: جن‎ (fa) (jinn) Polish: dżinn (pl) m Portuguese: gênio (pt) m Russian: джинн (ru) m (džinn), дух (ru) m (dux) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: џин m, дух m Roman: džin (sh) m, duh (sh) m Spanish: genio (es) m Swahili: jini (sw) Swedish: ande (sv) c Tajik: ҷин (jin) Tatar: җен (tt) (cen) Thai: ญิน (yin) Turkish: cin (tr), çor (tr) (archaic Turkish) Turkmen: jyn Ukrainian: джин m (džyn) Urdu: جن‎ m (jin) Uyghur: جىن‎ (jin) Uzbek: jin (uz)

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Translations to be checked

Albanian: xhind (sq) Indonesian: jin (id) Swahili: kijini Swedish: djinn, ande (sv), geni (sv), demon (sv), skyddsande Tagalog: jini Turkish: cin (tr), cinler

See also

• 🧞‍♂️, 🧞‍♀️
• jann
• nasnas
• ghoul
• shaitan
• angel
• jinx

Further reading

• jinn on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• eigen-, eigne

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Dutch

Etymology

From French génie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒeːˈni/, /ʒəˈni/

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• Hyphenation: ge‧nie
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

genie n (plural genieën, diminutive genietje n)

1. (uncountable) genius, mental brilliance
2. (countable) a genius, exceptionally gifted person.

Related terms

• geniaal

Noun

genie f (uncountable)

1. military engineers (technical corps)

Derived terms

• geniesoldaat
• genietroepen

Descendants

• → Indonesian: zeni

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Italian

Noun

genie f

1. plural of genia

Anagrams

• egeni, ignee

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛ.ɲɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛɲɛ
• Syllabification: ge‧nie

Noun

genie m

1. locative singular of gen