xhind

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جن (cin), from Arabic جِنّ (jinn).[1]

Noun

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xhind m (plural xhínde, definite xhíndi, definite plural xhíndet)

  1. (mythology) genie
  2. (Islam) jinn

Declension

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Declension of xhind
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative xhind xhindi xhinde xhindet
accusative xhindin
dative xhindi xhindit xhindeve xhindeve
ablative xhindesh

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “xhind”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 514

Further reading

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  • “xhind”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • “xhind”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “xhind”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 570
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