Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See jinn, jinnee.
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- noun Islam An invisible
spirit that influencesmankind by appearing inhuman oranimal form - noun A
supernatural being with extraordinary powers that usually takes a human form and serves its summoner
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- noun (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals
Etymologies
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Examples
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Bewail and bemoan the fact as much as you like, but that djinn is just not going back in the bottle.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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The djinn is the lamp … the natural response to that is that if materialism is true, then I am not conscious after all-hence the old joke that a materialist has to feign anesthesia.
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I have also indulged myself with words such as 'djinn' and 'houri' and 'hooligan' which Taita never employed, but which, I feel certain, he would have used if they had formed part of his vocabulary.
River God Smith, Wilbur, 1933- 1993
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Now, after this decision that anybody found indulged in any form of ragging will be suspended from the college for life, and he/she will not get admission in any other college/university throughout the country, this 'djinn' is some how contained in its bottle.
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[9] According to Sheikh Abdullah Dougan, the "djinn," as they are called in Islam (cf.
Signs of the Times 2009
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Did she not tell you about the djinn, the wandering spirits?
September 17 , 2004 Iddhis Bing 2012
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The djinn manifests what we dream and cannot confess.
September 17 , 2004 Iddhis Bing 2012
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When an attractive djinn, Amir, asks Zephyr to help him take down Rinaldo, a vampire mob boss, she finds herself in an unlikely romance as she rushes to get information out of the notorious Turn Boys gang before her father kills them.
WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR MAY 9TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010
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I love all sorts of fantasy creatures, and heros, though, so your djinn/angel mix sounds awesome.
Guest Author: Jory Strong Nalini Singh 2009
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Her djinn can shift form any time they choose so I could have Johnny Depp, Miyavi, Cillian Murphy, or anyone else I wanted any day of the week.
Angels' Blood Countdown: Shannon K Butcher - Burning Alive ARC Nalini Singh 2009
sionnach commented on the word djinn
This is hopeless. My original source implied that djinn was the plural form of the singular noun djinni. But the situation seems far murkier, with plurals as diverse as djins, djin, djinni, djinns, jinn, jins, jin, and jinni.
It's another Qaddafi all over again, I tell you!
April 3, 2008