jinn
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of jinn
1675–85; plural of Arabic jinnī demon
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Metwally can be heard to appeal to a cast of jinn with names such as King Mustafa, Robert, Juliana, Sabine and Adam.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2021
“The jinn was instructing him to behave in that alleged behavior,” the psychiatrist added.
From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2019
She has a cinematic, out-of-body, approach to songwriting; Eilish imagines herself as a sneaky jinn or a bored wallflower and then writes what she sees.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 26, 2019
"There has to be a tipping point. You can't put the jinn back in the bottle. All of us have either kept quiet out of fear or shame or complicity, but now we can't."
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2017
“The power unleashed by the jailing destroyed the Star—and the Coven. But the Scholars rejoiced, for the jinn were defeated. All but the greatest of them.”
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
After his arrest, the married father-of-four claimed jinns called Robert and Rita were responsible for the deaths.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2021
For centuries there have been stories that it harboured jinns, or genies.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2021
An eight-week trial heard Metwally, an NHS anaesthetist and chronic pain specialist, believed Ms Wilson was possessed supernatural spirits known as jinns.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2021
While his previous novels were peopled with telepathic children, vengeful jinns, and levitating gardeners, The Golden House is tethered to terra firma.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2017
The Story Girl sparkled through several tales that ranged from the afrites and jinns of Eastern myth, through the piping days of chivalry, down to the homely anecdotes of Carlisle workaday folks.
From The Story Girl by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
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