Example sentences from the Web for jinni

Mr. Theodore Bent found the same superstitious dread of the jinni both in the Hadramaut and in Dhofar.
The Sacred Tree|J. H. Philpot
If you take a jinni or a swan-maiden you can go from Cairo to Bokhara in less time than our best expresses could cover a mile.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton|Thomas Wright
Who does not sympathise with the Trader who killed the invisible son of the jinni?
The Life of Sir Richard Burton|Thomas Wright
In the case of the jinni of Arabia the connection 54 with trees is more clearly demonstrable.
The Sacred Tree|J. H. Philpot

The building is the abode of jinni, and no one who goes in is ever able to come out by the same door.
Southern Arabia|Theodore Bent

jinni

jinnee, djinni or djinny

/ (dʒɪˈniː, ˈdʒɪnɪ) /

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noun plural jinn or djinn (dʒɪn)

a being or spirit in Muslim belief who could assume human or animal form and influence man by supernatural powers

Word Origin for jinni

C17: from Arabic

Words nearby jinni

jinker, jinks, jinn, Jinnah, jinne, jinni, jinrikisha, jinx, Jinzhou, jipijapa, jird

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