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English
Etymology
From Arabic جِنِّيّ (jinniyy)
Noun
jinni (plural jinnis or jinn)
- Alternative form of jinn
1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “[The Tale of the Three Apples.] Tale of Núr al-Dín Alí & his Son Badr al-Dín Hasan. [Night 22.]”, in A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night , Shammar edition, volume I, : Burton Club , →OCLC, pages 213–214:[W]hen the Jinni narrated to the Jinniyah how the King had caused the wedding contract to be drawn up between the hunchbacked groom and the lovely young lady who was heart-broken for sorrow; and how she was the fairest of created things and even more beautiful than this youth, the Jinniyah cried at him "Thou liest! this youth is handsomer than any one of his day."
Uzbek
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic جِنِّيّ (jinniyy).
Adjective
jinni (comparative jinniroq, superlative eng jinni)
- mad
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