Eblis

British  

/ ˈɛblɪs /

noun

1. the chief evil jinni in Islamic mythology

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Etymology

Origin of Eblis

Arabic Iblīs, from Greek diabolos slanderer, _devil

Example Sentences

Or at least that’s what Eblis Álvarez, an academy-trained Colombian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist wants you to believe with the release of his new album, “Meridian Brothers and El Grupo Renacimiento,” out Friday.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2022

When Eblis walked up and kissed the king on his shoulders, two things happened: The devil disappeared into a sudden burst of smoke, and the king grew two snakes from his shoulders.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

She passed, by rapid descents, known only to Eblis and his most favoured potentates; and thus penetrated the very entrails of the earth, where breathes the sansar, or the icy wind of death.

From Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by Beckford, William

They conducted us to a vast, dimly lighted chamber with pillars and arches; which might have been the Hall of Eblis.

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh

As on fared they With merry jest, Eblis gan cheer the way.

From Lilith The Legend of the First Woman by Collier, Ada Langworthy