džin

See also: dżin

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʒɪn]
• Hyphenation: džin
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

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

Noun

džin m anim

1. genie, jinn (an invisible Muslim spirit)
2. genie, jinn (a fictional magical being)

   džin z lahve ― a genie from a bottle

Declension

Declension of džin (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	džin	džinové, džini
genitive	džina	džinů
dative	džinovi, džinu	džinům
accusative	džina	džiny
vocative	džine	džinové, džini
locative	džinovi, džinu	džinech
instrumental	džinem	džiny

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English gin.

Noun

džin m inan

1. Alternative form of gin

Declension

Declension of džin (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	džin	džiny
genitive	džinu	džinů
dative	džinu	džinům
accusative	džin	džiny
vocative	džine	džiny
locative	džinu	džinech
instrumental	džinem	džiny

Further reading

• džin in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• džin in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒîn/

Noun

džȉn m (Cyrillic spelling џи̏н)

1. giant, ogre, troll
2. jinn, jinni, genie

Declension

Declension of džin

	singular	plural
nominative	džȉn	džìnovi
genitive	džina	džinova
dative	džinu	džinovima
accusative	džina	džinove
vocative	džine	džinovi
locative	džinu	džinovima
instrumental	džinom	džinovima

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English gin, from Dutch genever (“juniper”), from Old French genevre, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒîn/

Noun

džȉn m (Cyrillic spelling џи̏н)

1. gin (alcoholic drink)

Declension

Declension of džin

	singular	plural
nominative	džin	džinovi
genitive	džina	džinova
dative	džinu	džinovima
accusative	džin	džinovi
vocative	džine	džinovi
locative	džinu	džinovima
instrumental	džinom	džinovima

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒin]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

džin m anim (genitive singular džina, nominative plural džinovia, genitive plural džinov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. jinn, jinni, genie

Declension

Declension of džin

	singular	plural
nominative	džin	džinovia
genitive	džina	džinov
dative	džinovi	džinom
accusative	džina	džinov
locative	džinovi	džinoch
instrumental	džinom	džinmi

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English gin, from Dutch genever (“juniper”), from Old French genevre, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”).

Noun

džin m inan (genitive singular džinu, nominative plural džiny, genitive plural džinov, declension pattern of dub)

1. gin (alcoholic drink)

Declension

Declension of džin

	singular	plural
nominative	džin	džiny
genitive	džinu	džinov
dative	džinu	džinom
accusative	džin	džiny
locative	džine	džinoch
instrumental	džinom	džinmi

References

• “džin”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024