djin

American  

[jin] / dʒɪn /

Also djinn;

noun

Islam.

plural

djins,

plural

djin

1. jinn.

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Example Sentences

The djin, however, was not thus to be propitiated, and the gold of the Pharaohs was never found.

From The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology by Weigall, Arthur E. P. B.

I have even a poor cousin, twice removed, who is a djin.

From Madame Chrysantheme by Loti, Pierre

The differences between the Western fairy and the Eastern peri, dive, djin, or whatever one chooses to call her, him, or it, though not at all easy to define, are exceedingly easy to feel.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George

If in the raw morning hours a donkey brays, the men are very much perturbed, for they know that the poor beast has seen a djin.

From Morocco by Forrest, A. S. (Archibald Stevenson)

My djin had fastened up his little cart under a tree, and together we clambered the steep path on the slippery red soil.

From Madame Chrysantheme by Loti, Pierre