djinn
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Pronunciation
Noun
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.
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
djinn m (plural djinns)
Further reading
- “djinn”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French djinn, from Arabic جِنّ (jinn).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -in
Noun
djinn m (plural djinns)
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.
Etymology
Noun
djinn c
Declension
Declension of djinn
References
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