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jinn
[ jin ]
noun
, Islamic Mythology.
, plural jinns, (especially collectively) jinn.
- 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.
jinn
/ dʒɪn /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of jinn1
1675–85; plural of Arabic jinnī demon
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Example Sentences
Will University of Tehran political science students be obliged to game out strategies against a jinn?
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Morgiana threw back her black hair, and laughed as would an invulnerable jinn.
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The words genius and genie are evidently cognate with the Arabian jinn, meaning a spirit.
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When his sister-in-law with an army of Jinn pursues the fugitives, the subjects of the rod overcome her.
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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!
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As a sort of inferior and obedient jinn, supplied by Providence and invoked by a gesture to fetch and to carry at need.
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