jinn
See also: Jinn
English
Alternative forms
- genie, ginn, djinn, djinni, djinny, jinnee, jinni, jin
Etymology
From Arabic جِنّ (jinn) (singular جِنِّيّ (jinniyy))
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪn/
- Rhymes: -ɪn
- Homophone: gin
Noun
jinn (plural jinns or jinn or jann or janns or jawan or jinnan or jinnah)
- (Muslim demonology) A genie and descendant of the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form, equivalent to demons in Jewish demonology.
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XXI, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 211:
- Now the cemetery was haunted day and night by Jinns who were of the True Believers, and presently came out a Jinniyah who, seeing Hasan asleep, marvelled at his beauty[.]
- 1928, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 21, in Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, page 281:
- Each grasped a musket in one hand and searched for his hijab with the other, for each carried several of these amulets, and that in demand this night was the one written against the jan, for certainly none but a jin could have done this thing.
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 74:
- Thus, it was popularly supposed that familiar spirits could be enclosed in rings, or confined in bottles and boxes, just as the Persians thought that djinns could be kept in jars or flasks.
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Synonyms
- (singular): jann, jinni, genie
- (plural): jann, janns, jinnah, jawan, jinnan, genies, genii, jinns
Related terms
- angel
- ghoul
- ifrit
- jann
- nasnas
- shaitan
Translations
spirit
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Portuguese
Noun
jinn m (plural jinns)
- (Muslim demonology) jinn (spirit)
- Synonym: génio
Spanish
Noun
jinn m (plural jinns)
- Alternative spelling of djinn