djinn

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪn/

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• Rhymes: -ɪn
• Homophones: djin, djinn, gin, jinn

djinn (plural djinns)

1. Alternative spelling of jinn
   • 1941, Rupert Gleadow, Magic and Divination, page 125:

     Necromancy meant originally the conjuring up the souls of the dead, and later included the conjuring of all sorts of inhuman spirits such as sylphs, giants, and djinn.

Borrowed from Arabic جِنّ (jinn).

• IPA^(key): /dʒin/

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• Homophones: gin, jean

djinn m (plural djinns)

1. (mythology) jinn, genie

• “djinn”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• jinn, yin

Unadapted borrowing from French djinn, from Arabic جِنّ (jinn).

• Rhymes: -in

djinn m (plural djinns)

1. (mythology) jinn, genie

   Synonym: genio

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Arabic جِنّ (jinn)

djinn c

1. (mythology) jinn

• djinn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• djinn in Svensk ordbok (SO)