djinni

djinni
noun
(Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals
Syn: ↑genie, ↑jinni, ↑jinnee, ↑djinny, ↑djinn
Topics: ↑Islam, ↑Islamism, ↑Mohammedanism, ↑Muhammadanism, ↑Muslimism
Hypernyms: ↑spirit, ↑disembodied spirit
Hyponyms: ↑shaitan, ↑shaytan, ↑eblis

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I.
see djinn
II. noun
see jinni

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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