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Meaning of jinn | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

d͡ʒɪn

Definitions

A human-like spiritual or immaterial being, as opposed to al-ins (people), often invisible but able to manifest in form and also inhabit people or animals; origin of the genie of Western literature, film etc.
Such beings collectively.

Equivalents

العربية جان جن جنة

Azərbaycanca Çin

Български джин

বাংলা জিন

Bosanski čin ćor džin џин

Čeština džin

Deutsch Dschinn

Ελληνικά τζίνι

Esperanto fantomo ĝino

Español djinn genio jinn

Eesti džinn

Suomi dzinni

Français djinn jinn

Galego xenio

हिन्दी जिन जिन्न देव

Hrvatski čin ćor džin џин

Magyar dzsinn

Հայերեն ջին

Bahasa Indonesia datuk jin

Italiano jinn

日本語しん幽精精霊

ქართული ჯინი

Қазақша жін жын

한국어 진

Kurdî Çîn cîn cor jin jîn

Кыргызча жин

Македонски џин

Bahasa Melayu jin

မြန်မာဘာသာ ဂျင်

Nederlands djinn

Polski dżin

Português djim génio jinn

Русский джинн

Slovenčina džin

Shqip xhind

Српски čin ćor džin џин

Svenska djinn

ไทย ญิน

Türkmençe jyn

Türkçe Çin çor

ئۇيغۇرچە جىن

اردو جن

Examples

“Even the sad jinn within the graven image slept[.]”

“There not only jewels but also dangerous jinn abide: the inconvenient or resisted psychological powers that we have not thought or dared to integrate into our lives.”

“Surah 18:50: 'And We told the Angels "prostrate yourselves before Adam". So they all prostrated themselves, except Iblees who was one of the jinn.”

“The second context in which jinn occurs in the Qur'an is where we find both ins and jinn are mentioned together. Ins is a collective noun signifying humans, recognisable familiar human beings.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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