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jinn

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /d͡ʒɪn/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪn
  • homophone: gin

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: Arabic culture

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Derived from Arabic جِنّ (jinn, collective noun) (singular جِنِّيّ (jinniyy)).

Across languages

Translations

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: xhind — spirit
  • Arabic: جَاْنّ (jānn) — spirit
  • Arabic: جِنّ (jinn) — spirit
  • Aramaic: ܓܢܝܐ (ginnaya) — spirit
  • Armenian: ջին (ǰin) — spirit
  • Avar: жен (žen) — spirit
  • Azerbaijani: cin — spirit
  • Bashkir: ен (yen) — spirit
  • Basque: irelu — spirit
  • Basque: jeinu — spirit
  • Belarusian: джын (džyn) — spirit
  • Bengali: জিন (jin) — spirit
  • Bulgarian: джин (džin) — spirit
  • Burmese: ဂျင် (gyang) — spirit
  • Chinese: җин (jin) — spirit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 精靈 /精灵 (jīnglíng) — spirit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 神靈 /神灵 (shénlíng) — spirit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鎮尼 /镇尼 (zhènní) — spirit
  • Czech: džin — spirit
  • Dhivehi: ޖިންނި (jin̊ni) — spirit
  • Dutch: djinn — spirit
  • Esperanto: ĝino — spirit
  • Esperanto: fantomo — spirit
  • Estonian: džinn — spirit
  • Finnish: džinni — spirit
  • Finnish: djinni — spirit
  • Finnish: jinni — spirit
  • French: jinn — spirit
  • French: djinn — spirit
  • Georgian: ჯინი (ǯini) — spirit
  • German: Dschinn — spirit
  • Greek: τζίνι (tzíni) — spirit
  • Hebrew: ג׳יני (jini) — spirit
  • Hindi: जिन्न (jinn) — spirit
  • Hindi: जिन (jin) — spirit
  • Hindi: जिन्द (jind) — spirit
  • Hungarian: dzsinn — spirit
  • Ido: djin — spirit
  • Indonesian: jin — spirit
  • Italian: genio — spirit
  • Japanese: ジン (jin) — spirit
  • Japanese: 精霊 (seirei) — spirit
  • Kazakh: жын (jyn) — spirit
  • Kazakh: жін (jın) — spirit
  • Korean: 진 (jin) — spirit
  • Central Kurdish: جن (cin) — spirit
  • Northern Kurdish: cin — spirit
  • Kyrgyz: жин (jin) — spirit
  • Latvian: džins — spirit
  • Lezgi: жин (žin) — spirit
  • Lithuanian: džinas — spirit
  • Macedonian: џин (džin) — spirit
  • Malay: jin — spirit
  • Maltese: ġinn — spirit
  • Nogai: йин (yin) — spirit
  • Norwegian Bokmål: djinn — spirit
  • Pashto: جن (jen) — spirit
  • Iranian Persian: جِنّ (jenn) — spirit
  • Iranian Persian: جِن (jen) — spirit
  • Polish: dżin — spirit
  • Portuguese: génio — spirit
  • Portuguese: gênio — spirit
  • Portuguese: jinn — spirit
  • Portuguese: djim — spirit
  • Rohingya: jin — spirit
  • Russian: джинн (džinn) — spirit
  • Serbo-Croatian: џи̏н — spirit
  • Serbo-Croatian: džȉn — spirit
  • Slovak: džin — spirit
  • Slovene: džin — spirit
  • Spanish: genio — spirit
  • Spanish: jinn — spirit
  • Spanish: djinn — spirit
  • Swedish: djinn — spirit
  • Swedish: jinn — spirit
  • Tajik: ҷин (jin) — spirit
  • Tatar: җен (cen) — spirit
  • Thai: ญิน (yin) — spirit
  • Turkish: cin — spirit
  • Turkish: çor — spirit
  • Turkmen: jyn — spirit
  • Ukrainian: джин (džyn) — spirit
  • Urdu: جِن (jin) — spirit
  • Urdu: جِنّ (jinn) — spirit
  • Uyghur: جىن (jin) — spirit
  • Uzbek: jin — spirit