djinn

English
WOTD – 23 April 2007

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪn/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • 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

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French djinn, from Arabic جِنّ (jinn).

Pronunciation
 
  • 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

Usage notes

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

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
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