djinn
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]djinn (plural djinns)
- 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.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 96:
- I would have liked to know whether he thought this was due to the climate, the diet, or simply malefic djinns.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic جِنّ (jinn).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]djinn m (plural djinns)
Further reading
[edit]- “djinn”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French djinn, from Arabic جِنّ (jinn).
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -in
Noun
[edit]djinn m (plural djinns)
Usage notes
[edit]According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]djinn c
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | djinn | djinns |
| definite | djinnen | djinnens | |
| plural | indefinite | djinner | djinners |
| definite | djinnerna | djinnernas |
References
[edit]- “djinn”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “djinn”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
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