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jinni
/ dʒɪˈniː; ˈdʒɪnɪ /
noun
- a being or spirit in Muslim belief who could assume human or animal form and influence man by supernatural powers
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Word History and Origins
Origin of jinni1
C17: from Arabic
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Example Sentences
If you take a jinni or a swan-maiden you can go from Cairo to Bokhara in less time than our best expresses could cover a mile.
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It was a keen-eared young Lur who first heard afar the pant of the mysterious jinni.
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The building is the abode of jinni, and no one who goes in is ever able to come out by the same door.
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Who does not sympathise with the Trader who killed the invisible son of the jinni?
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Old Sheikh Sehel and his men stuck to it that they had constantly seen jinni, and their belief in them seems deeply rooted.
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