jinn

[ jin ]

noun,plural jinns, (especially collectively) jinn.Islamic Mythology.

any of a class of spirits, lower than the angels, capable of appearing in human and animal forms and influencing humankind for either good or evil.

Origin of jinn

1675–85; plural of Arabic jinnī demon

Also jin·ni [jin-ee], /ˈdʒɪn i/, jin, djin, djinn, djin·ni .

Words that may be confused with jinn

gin, jinn

Words Nearby jinn

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How to use jinn in a sentence

“I am on the jinn side myself,” he says, claiming that mental illnesses can have both supernatural and social causes.
East Africa’s Healers Embrace Modern Medicine to Treat Depression | Charu Kasturi | December 8, 2020 | Ozy
Will University of Tehran political science students be obliged to game out strategies against a jinn?
Iran Cleric: Jews Use Sorcery to Spy | IranWire | July 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Morgiana threw back her black hair, and laughed as would an invulnerable jinn.
God Wills It! | William Stearns Davis
The words genius and genie are evidently cognate with the Arabian jinn, meaning a spirit.
Archaic England | Harold Bayley
When his sister-in-law with an army of jinn pursues the fugitives, the subjects of the rod overcome her.
The Science of Fairy Tales | Edwin Sidney Hartland

Didst thou not assure me that I was free to wander where I would, since there was no longer any that had authority over the jinn!
The Brass Bottle | F. Anstey
As a sort of inferior and obedient jinn, supplied by Providence and invoked by a gesture to fetch and to carry at need.
Where the Pavement Ends | John Russell

British Dictionary definitions for jinn

jinn

/ (dʒɪn) /

noun

(often functioning as singular) the plural of jinni

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