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| 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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[French génie, spirit, from Latin genius, guardian spirit; see genius.] |
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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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| (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 |
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