xhind

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Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جن (cin), from Arabic جِنّ (jinn).[1]

Noun

xhind m (plural xhínde, definite xhíndi, definite plural xhíndet)

  1. (mythology) genie
  2. (Islam) jinn

Declension

Declension of xhind
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative xhind xhindi xhinde xhindet
accusative xhindin
dative xhindi xhindit xhindeve xhindeve
ablative xhindesh

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “xhind”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 514

Further reading

  • “xhind”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • “xhind”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “xhind”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 570
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