djinn

English

WOTD – 23 April 2007

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪn/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪn
• Homophones: djin, djinn, gin, jinn

Noun

djinn (plural djinns)

1. Alternative spelling of jinn
   • 1941, Rupert Gleadow, Magic and Divination, page 125:

     Necromancy meant originally the conjuring up the souls of the dead, and later included the conjuring of all sorts of inhuman spirits such as sylphs, giants, and djinn.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جِنّ‎ (jinn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒin/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophones: gin, jean

Noun

djinn m (plural djinns)

1. (mythology) jinn, genie

Further reading

• “djinn”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• jinn, yin

Etymology

Borrowed from French djinn, from Arabic جِنّ‎ (jinn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝin/ [ˈɟ͡ʝĩn]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝin/ [ˈɟ͡ʝĩn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃin/ [ˈʃĩn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒin/ [ˈʒĩn]

• Rhymes: -in

Noun

djinn m (plural djinns)

1. (mythology) jinn, genie

   Synonym: genio

Swedish

Etymology

Arabic جِنّ‎ (jinn)

Noun

djinn c

1. (mythology) jinn

Declension

Declension of djinn
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	djinn	djinnen	djinner	djinnerna
Genitive	djinns	djinnens	djinners	djinnernas

References

• djinn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• djinn in Svensk ordbok (SO)