djinn

English

WOTD – 23 April 2007

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/d͡ʒɪn/

• Audio(US):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ɪn
• Homophones:djin,djinn,gin,jinn

Noun

djinn(pluraldjinns)

1. Alternative spelling ofjinn
   • 1941,Rupert Gleadow,Magic and Divination,page125:

     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, anddjinn.

French

Etymology

BorrowedfromArabicجِنّ(jinn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/dʒin/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophones:gin,jean

Noun

djinnm(pluraldjinns)

1. (mythology)jinn,genie

Further reading

• “djinn”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• jinn,yin

Etymology

Unadapted borrowingfromFrenchdjinn,fromArabicجِنّ(jinn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈʝin/[ˈɟ͡ʝĩn]

• 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

djinnm(pluraldjinns)

1. (mythology)jinn,genie

   Synonym:genio

Usage notes

According toRoyal 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

Arabicجِنّ(jinn)

Noun

djinnc

1. (mythology)jinn

Declension

Declension ofdjinn
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	djinn	djinnen	djinner	djinnerna
Genitive	djinns	djinnens	djinners	djinnernas

References

• djinninSvenska Akademiens ordlista(SAOL)
• djinninSvensk ordbok(SO)