jinni

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Noun

HYPHEN

jin=ni

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun jinni has 1 sense

jinni(n = noun.person) djinn, djinni, djinny, genie, jinnee - (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; Array

has particulars: shaitan, shaytan, eblis

is a kind of disembodied spirit, spirit

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CIDE DICTIONARY

jinni, n. [Ar.].

A genius or demon; one of the fabled genii, good and evil spirits, supposed to be the children of fire, and to have the power of assuming various forms. [1913 Webster]

" Jinn is also used as sing., with pl. jinns (." [1913 Webster]

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THESAURUS

jinni

Baba Yaga, Lilith, afreet, barghest, cacodemon, daeva, demon, devil, dybbuk, evil genius, evil spirit, fiend, fiend from hell, genie, genius, ghoul, gyre, hellion, incubus, jinniyeh, lamia, rakshasa, satan, shedu, succubus, the undead, vampire, yogini

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