джин

See also: џин and джинн

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dʒin]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -in

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English gin.

Noun

джин • (džin) m

1. gin

Etymology 2

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

Noun

джин • (džin) m

1. jinn, jinni, genie

Declension

Declension of джин

	singular	plural
indefinite	джин džin	джи́нове džínove
definite (subject form)	джи́нът džínăt	джи́новете džínovete
definite (object form)	джи́на džína
count form	—	джи́на džína

References

• “джин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “джин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from English gin. Omitting several steps, from Latin iūniperus.

Compare Polish jałowcówka (< jałowiec).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʐʐɨn]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɨn

Noun

джин • (džin) m inan (genitive джи́на, nominative plural джи́ны, genitive plural джи́нов)

1. gin

Declension

Declension of джин (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	джи́н džín	джи́ны džíny
genitive	джи́на džína	джи́нов džínov
dative	джи́ну džínu	джи́нам džínam
accusative	джи́н džín	джи́ны džíny
instrumental	джи́ном džínom	джи́нами džínami
prepositional	джи́не džíne	джи́нах džínax

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “джин”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.