genie

See also: Genie, génie, Génie, and -génie

English

Alternative forms

jinn, djinn, djinni, djinny, jinni, jinnie, jinnee

Etymology

From French génie (“genius", "genie”) (used to translate Arabic جِنّ‎ (jinn) based on similarity of sound and sense) from Latin genius (“household guardian spirit”)

Pronunciation

Audio (US) (file)
IPA^(key): /ˈdʒiː.ni/
Rhymes: -iːni

Noun

genie (plural genii or genies)

(Islam) An invisible spirit mentioned in the Qur'an and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals, of pre-Islamic Arabian mythological origin.
A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.

Translations

an invisible Muslim spirit

Arabic: جِنّ‎‎ m (jinn), pl: جِنِّيّ‎‎ (jinniyy)
Bulgarian: джин (bg) m (džin)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 神靈 (zh), 神灵 (zh) (shénlíng), 神仙 (zh) (shénxiān), 巨靈 (zh), 巨灵 (zh) (jùlíng)
Czech: džin (cs) m
French: jinn (fr) m, djinn (fr) m
German: Dschinn (de) m, Djinn m
Hebrew: ג'יני‎‎ (jini)
Hindi: जिन्न (hi) (jinn)
Hungarian: dzsinn (hu)
Japanese: 精霊 (ja) (せいれい, seirei, しょうりょう, shōryō), ジン (ja) (jin)
Latin: spiritus m

Malay: jin
Mwani: jini
Polish: dżinn (pl) m
Portuguese: gênio (pt) m
Russian: джинн (ru) m (džinn), дух (ru) m (dux)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: џин m, дух m

Roman: džin (sh) m, duh (sh) m
Spanish: genio (es) m
Swahili: jini (sw)
Turkish: cin (tr), çor (tr) (archaic Turkish)

a fictional magical being

Arabic: جِنّ‎‎ m (jinn), pl: جِنِّيّ‎‎ (jinniyy)
Bulgarian: джин (bg) m (džin)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 神靈 (zh), 神灵 (zh) (shénlíng), 神仙 (zh) (shénxiān), 巨靈 (zh), 巨灵 (zh) (jùlíng)
Czech: džin (cs) m
Finnish: henki (fi)
French: génie (fr) m
German: Dschinn (de) m, Djinn m
Hebrew: ג'יני‎‎ (jini)
Hindi: जिन्न (hi) (jinn)
Hungarian: dzsinn (hu)
Italian: genio (it) m
Japanese: 精霊 (ja) (せいれい, seirei, しょうりょう, shōryō), ジン (ja) (jin)

Malay: jin
Mwani: jini
Polish: dżinn (pl) m
Portuguese: gênio (pt) m
Russian: джинн (ru) m (džinn), дух (ru) m (dux)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: џин m, дух m

Roman: džin (sh) m, duh (sh) m
Spanish: genio (es) m
Swahili: jini (sw)
Swedish: ande (sv) c
Turkish: cin (tr), çor (tr) (archaic Turkish)

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Translations to be checked

Albanian: xhind (sq)
Indonesian: jin (id)
Swahili: kijini
Swedish: djinn, ande (sv), geni (sv), demon (sv), skyddsande

Tagalog: jini
Turkish: cin (tr), cinler
Urdu: جن‎‎

Anagrams

eigen-, eigne

Dutch

Etymology

From French génie.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒeːˈni/, /ʒəˈni/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: ge‧nie
Rhymes: -i

Noun

genie n (plural genieën, diminutive genietje n)

genius

Related terms

geniaal

Noun

genie f (uncountable)

military engineers (unit)

Italian

Noun

genie f

plural of genia

Anagrams

egeni, ignee

Polish

Noun

genie m

locative singular of gen

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