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جِنّ
jinn (supernatural spirits) /ˈdʒɪnn/
nounB2#4109 most common
Also: genie, spirit, demon
Example sentences
لا أَرَى الجِنَّ.
I do not see the jinn.
يُؤْمِنُ الكَثِيرُونَ بِالجِنِّ.
Many people believe in jinn.
يُقَالُ إِنَّ الجِنَّ يَعِيشُونَ فِي أَمَاكِنَ مَهْجُورَةٍ.
It is said that jinn live in abandoned places.
وَرَدَ ذِكْرُ الجِنِّ فِي القُرْآنِ الكَرِيمِ فِي سُورَةٍ كَامِلَةٍ.
Mention of the jinn appears in the Quran in an entire chapter.
يَعْتَقِدُ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ أَنَّ الجِنَّ قَادِرُونَ عَلَى التَّأْثِيرِ فِي حَيَاةِ البَشَرِ.
Some people believe that jinn are capable of influencing human life.
تَتَبَايَنُ الرِّوَايَاتُ الشَّعْبِيَّةُ حَوْلَ طَبِيعَةِ الجِنِّ وَعَلَاقَتِهِ بِعَالَمِ الإِنْسِ.
Folk accounts differ on the nature of the jinn and its relationship to the human world.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جِنٌّ | جِنَّةٌ |
| Genitive | جِنٍّ | جِنَّةٍ |
| Accusative | جِنًّا | جِنَّةً |
| Vocative | يَا جِنُّ | يَا جِنَّةُ |
Word family
جِنِّيّa single jinn, genie
جِنِّيَّةa female jinn
جُنُونmadness, insanityمَجْنُونcrazy, insaneجَنَّةgarden, paradise
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root ج-ن-ن, which carries the sense of covering or hiding something from sight. Jinn were named for being concealed from human eyes, unlike humans and animals. The same root produces jannah (garden or paradise, so called for its shading trees) and junun (madness, as if the mind were veiled). This is a native Semitic root, not an Indo-European one.
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