jinn

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jinn

  • /d͡ʒɪn/

Sounds like gin · Rhymes with -ɪn

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Derived from Arabic جِنّ (jinn, collective noun) (singular جِنِّيّ (jinniyy)).

noun jinns · jinn · jawan · jinnan · jinnah · genie

  1. A human-like spiritual or immaterial being, as opposed to al-ins (people), often invisible but able to manifest in form and also inhabit people or animals; origin of the genie of Western literature, film etc. Even the sad jinn within the graven image slept[.]

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