jinn
/dʒɪn
/(also djinn)
noun (plural same or jinns)
(In Arabian and Muslim mythology) an intelligent spirit of lower rank than the angels, able to appear in human and animal forms and to possess humans: the rebellious jinn lead men astray...Compare with genie.
- Many Muslims believe in jinns, spirits who can change shape and be either visible or invisible.
- Fearing that the jinn had possessed her, her mother took her to an exorcist, a middle age man who confirmed that the girl was indeed possessed.
- Some of these places include uninhabited sites, places where an array of spirit beings including jinn and ghosts are believed to reside.
Origin
From Arabic jinnī, plural jinn.