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- Arabic · derived fromجِنّ
- English todayjinn
Derived from Arabic جِنّ (jinn, collective noun) (singular جِنِّيّ (jinniyy)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
jinn
Today it means: A human-like spiritual or immaterial being, as opposed to al-ins (people), often invisible but able to manifest in form and also inhabit people or animals; origin of the genie of Western literature, film etc. Full definition →
Arabic جِنّ