jinni

/ dʒɪˈniː, ˈdʒɪnɪ /

noun

1. a being or spirit in Muslim belief who could assume human or animal form and influence man by supernatural powers

Word History and Origins

Origin of jinni¹

C17: from Arabic

Example Sentences

And there are the details of Dunia’s childhood: the birthday dress “full of frosting and flowers,” her father’s “princess and jinn” secret bedtime stories.

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She says the healer told her the depression was caused by a "jinn lover" who had possessed her.

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He had insisted his aim was to "help the jinn to come out of the mouth without hurting Kelly".

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The episode also features a priest battling an Islamic cleric over who gets to perform an exorcism on a person thought to be possessed by a jinn.

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At the time he thought Robert was a jinn, a supernatural spirit, he said.

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