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djin

[jin]

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noun, plural djins, (especially collectively) djin. Islam.

Nearby words

Also djinn, djin·ni

[jin-ee] /ˈdʒɪn i/.

Can be confuseddjin djinn gin jin

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for djin

The Djin were formerly the souls of a great people inhabiting this region.
The World and Its People: Book VII|Anna B. Badlam
The djin, however, was not thus to be propitiated, and the gold of the Pharaohs was never found.
The Treasury of Ancient Egypt|Arthur E. P. B. Weigall
If in the raw morning hours a donkey brays, the men are very much perturbed, for they know that the poor beast has seen a djin.
Morocco|S.L. Bensusan
Blank verse is like the Djin in the Arabian Nights; it is either the most terrible of masters, or the most powerful of slaves.
Books and Characters|Lytton Strachey

My djin had fastened up his little cart under a tree, and together we clambered the steep path on the slippery red soil.
Madame Chrysantheme|Pierre Loti