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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : jin |
| Phonetic Transcription : dʒɪn |
Définition of jinni
Origin :- 1680s, djen, from Arabic jinn, collective plural, "demons, spirits, angels." The proper singular is jinni. Cf. genie.
- As in genie : noun mythical being
- Who does not sympathise with the Trader who killed the invisible son of the jinni?
- Extract from : « The Life of Sir Richard Burton » by Thomas Wright
- A round rock was shown us on which the chief magician sits to exorcise the jinni of the lakes, and around him the people dance.
- Extract from : « Southern Arabia » by Theodore Bent
- In the case of the jinni of Arabia the connection 54 with trees is more clearly demonstrable.
- Extract from : « The Sacred Tree » by J. H. Philpot
- Mr. Theodore Bent found the same superstitious dread of the jinni both in the Hadramaut and in Dhofar.
- Extract from : « The Sacred Tree » by J. H. Philpot
- If you take a jinni or a swan-maiden you can go from Cairo to Bokhara in less time than our best expresses could cover a mile.
- Extract from : « The Life of Sir Richard Burton » by Thomas Wright
- The building is the abode of jinni, and no one who goes in is ever able to come out by the same door.
- Extract from : « Southern Arabia » by Theodore Bent
- De Launay had taken on some of the attributes of a guardian angel, a jinni who alone could guide her to the goal she sought.
- Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
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