jinn
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Etymology
From Arabic جِنّ (jinn, collective noun) (singular جِنِّيّ (jinniyy))
Pronunciation
Noun
jinn (plural jinns or jinn or jawan or jinnan or jinnah)
- (Arabic culture) 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.
- Such beings collectively.
- 1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 8:
- There not only jewels but also dangerous jinn abide: the inconvenient or resisted psychological powers that we have not thought or dared to integrate into our lives.
- 2020, Abu-Hamdiyyah, Muhammad, The Qur'an: an introduction, Routledge, page 101:
- Surah 18:50: 'And We told the Angels "prostrate yourselves before Adam". So they all prostrated themselves, except Iblees who was one of the jinn.
- 2020, Abu-Hamdiyyah, Muhammad, The Qur'an: an introduction, Routledge, page 101:
- The second context in which jinn occurs in the Qur'an is where we find both ins and jinn are mentioned together. Ins is a collective noun signifying humans, recognisable familiar human beings.
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spirit
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Portuguese
Noun
jinn m (plural jinns)
Spanish
Noun
jinn m (plural jinns)
- Alternative spelling of djinn