jinn
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- noun
- /dʒɪn/
- Literature
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genio
- In Arabic lore, a jinn can grant wishes to those who manage to capture them.
- an evil jinn
- jinn, or spirits
- jinn appears to humans
And you go home and you think I'd like a little jinn to take the edge off.
- And you go home and you think I'd like a little jinn to take the edge off.
Examples
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Today, however, you seek the Jinn of Wisdom, and might I say, you've chosen... wisely.
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I come seeking the Jinn of Wisdom.
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Madam, I seek the Jinn of Wisdom.
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The lion was, in fact, a king of the jinn, beings created by God from the air.
Fiction book (2002) -
In Islam, however, jinn are an integral part of Islamic theology.
Academic text (2013) -
I am Manish Rishi Sumantra, the Jinn of Wisdom, at your service.
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According to Islamic tradition, the jinn are creatures made from smokeless fire.
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The story mentioned that the jinn could influence human behavior with their magical abilities.
Synonyms
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An invisible spirit in Muslim belief that can appear as people or animals and affect humans
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A spirit in Islamic stories that can appear as a person or animal and affect people
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A spirit in Islamic stories that is invisible and can appear as a human or animal
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A spirit from Arabic stories that can appear and disappear
An invisible spirit from Islamic stories that sometimes affects people
An invisible spirit people believe can appear as a person or animal and cause strange events
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word jinn comes from the Arabic word jinn, from the root j-n-n meaning 'hidden' or 'unseen'. So a jinn is a 'hidden' spirit with mysterious powers, and the same idea later gave English the word genie.