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noun
1.
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
2.
a spirit, often appearing in human form, that when summoned by a person carries out the wishes of the summoner.
3.
any spirit; demon.
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Genie
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World English Dictionary
| genie (ˈdʒiːnɪ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (in fairy tales and stories) a servant who appears by magic and fulfils a person's wishes |
| 2. | another word for jinni |
| [C18: from French génie, from Arabic jinni demon, influenced by Latin genius attendant spirit; see | |
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Word Origin & History
genie
1655, "tutelary spirit," from Fr. genie, from L. genius (see genius); used in Fr. translation of "Arabian Nights" to render Arabic jinni, pl. of jinn "spirit," which it accidentally resembled, and attested in Eng. with this sense from 1748.
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