genie

See also Genie, and génie

English

Alternative forms

• djinn, djinni, djinny, jinni, jinnie, jinnee

Etymology

From French génie (“genius", "genie”) (used to translate Arabic جِنّ (jinn) based on similarity of sound and sense) from Latin genius (“household guardian spirit”)

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ˈdʒiː.ni/
• Rhymes: -iːni

Noun

genie (plural genii or genies)

1. (Islam) An invisible spirit mentioned in the Qur'an and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
2. A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.

Translations

an invisible Muslim spirit

• Arabic: جن (ar) (jinn) m (pl: جني (jinniy) or جن (jinni)), جني (ar) (jínni) m
• Bulgarian: джин (bg) (džin) m 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神靈 (cmn), 神灵 (cmn) (shénlíng), 神仙 (cmn) (shénxiān), 巨靈 (cmn), 巨灵 (cmn) (jùlíng)

• Czech: džin (cs) m
• French: jinn (fr) m, djinn (fr) m
• German: Dschinn (de) m
• Hebrew: ג'יני (he), ג 'ין (he)
• Hindi: जिन्न (hi) (jinn)
• Hungarian: dzsinn (hu)

• Japanese: 精霊 (ja) (せいれい, seirei, しょうりょう, shōryō), ジン (ja) (jin)
• Latin: spiritus (la) m
• Malay: jin (ms)
• Polish: dżinn (pl) m
• Portuguese: gênio (pt) m
• Russian: джинн (ru) (džinn) m , дух (ru) (dux) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: џин (sh) m, дух (sh) m

  Roman: džin (sh) m, duh (sh) m

• Spanish: genio (es) m
• Turkish: cin (tr)

a fictional magical being

• Arabic: جن (ar) (jinn) m (pl: جني (jinniy) or جن (jinni)), جني (ar) (jínni) m
• Bulgarian: джин (bg) (džin) m 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神靈 (cmn), 神灵 (cmn) (shénlíng), 神仙 (cmn) (shénxiān), 巨靈 (cmn), 巨灵 (cmn) (jùlíng)

• Czech: džin (cs) m
• Finnish: henki (fi)
• French: jinn (fr) m, djinn (fr) m
• German: Dschinn (de) m
• Hebrew: ג'יני (he), ג 'ין (he)
• Hindi: जिन्न (hi) (jinn)
• Hungarian: dzsinn (hu)

• Japanese: 精霊 (ja) (せいれい, seirei, しょうりょう, shōryō), ジン (ja) (jin)
• Malay: jin (ms)
• Polish: dżinn (pl) m
• Portuguese: gênio (pt) m
• Russian: джинн (ru) (džinn) m , дух (ru) m (dux)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: џин (sh) m, дух (sh) m

  Roman: džin (sh) m, duh (sh) m

• Spanish: genio (es) m
• Turkish: cin (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Albanian: xhind
• Indonesian: jin

• Swahili: kijini
• Swedish: djinn, ande, geni, demon, skyddsande
• Tagalog: jini
• Turkish: cin, cinler
• Urdu: جن

See also

• Genie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• jinx
• gin

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Etymology

From French génie.

Pronunciation

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Noun

genie n (plural genieën, diminutive genietje)

1. genius

Related terms

• geniaal

Noun

genie f (uncountable)

1. military engineers (unit)

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Italian

Noun

genie f

1. Plural form of genia

Anagrams

• egeni, ignee

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Polish

Noun

genie m

1. locative singular of gen