"jinn" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒɪn/ Forms: jinns [plural], jinn [plural], jawan [plural], jinnan [plural], jinnah [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪn Etymology: From Arabic جِنّ (jinn, collective noun) (singular جِنِّيّ (jinniyy)) Etymology templates: {{der|en|ar|جِنّ|pos=collective noun}} Arabic جِنّ (jinn, collective noun), {{m|ar|جِنِّيّ}} جِنِّيّ (jinniyy), {{root|en|ar|ج ن ن}} Head templates: {{en-noun|s|jinn|jawan|jinnan|jinnah}} jinn (plural jinns or jinn or jawan or jinnan or jinnah)
  1. (Arabic culture) 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. Translations (spirit): xhind [masculine] (Albanian), جَاْنّ (jānn) (Arabic), جِنّ (jinn) [collective] (Arabic), ܓܢܝܐ (ginnaya) [masculine] (Aramaic), ջին (ǰin) (Armenian), жен (žen) (Avar), cin (Azerbaijani), ен (yen) (Bashkir), irelu (Basque), jeinu (Basque), джын (džyn) [masculine] (Belarusian), জিন (jin) (Bengali), джин (džin) [masculine] (Bulgarian), җин (žin) [Dungan] (Chinese), 精靈 (Chinese Mandarin), 精灵 (jīnglíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 神靈 (Chinese Mandarin), 神灵 (shénlíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 鎮尼 (Chinese Mandarin), 镇尼 (zhènní) (Chinese Mandarin), džin [masculine] (Czech), ޖިންނި (jin̊ni) (Dhivehi), djinn [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), ĝino (Esperanto), džinn (Estonian), džinni (Finnish), djinni (Finnish), jinni (Finnish), jinn [masculine] (French), djinn [masculine] (French), ჯინი (ǯini) (Georgian), Dschinn [masculine] (German), τζίνι (tzíni) [masculine] (Greek), ג׳יני (jini) [masculine] (Hebrew), जिन्न (jinn) [masculine] (Hindi), जिन (jin) [masculine] (Hindi), जिन्द (jind) [masculine] (Hindi), dzsinn (Hungarian), djin (Ido), jinn [masculine] (Italian), ジン (jin) (Japanese), 精霊 (seirei) (alt: せいれい) (Japanese), жын (jyn) (Kazakh), жін (jın) (Kazakh), (jin) (Korean), жин (jin) (Kyrgyz), džins [masculine] (Latvian), жин (žin) (Lezgi), džinas [masculine] (Lithuanian), џин (džin) [masculine] (Macedonian), jin (Malay), ġinn [masculine] (Maltese), йин (yin) (Nogai), cin (Northern Kurdish), جن (ǰen) [masculine] (Pashto), جن (jenn, jen) (Persian), dżin [masculine] (Polish), génio [masculine] (Portuguese), gênio [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), jinn [masculine] (Portuguese), jin (Rohingya), джинн (džinn) [masculine] (Russian), џи̏н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), džȉn [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), džin [masculine] (Slovak), džin [masculine] (Slovene), genio [masculine] (Spanish), jinn [masculine] (Spanish), djinn [masculine] (Spanish), djinn (note: recommended spelling) (Swedish), jinn (Swedish), ҷин (jin) (Tajik), җен (cen) (Tatar), ญิน (yin) (Thai), cin (Turkish), çor (english: archaic Turkish) (Turkish), jyn (Turkmen), джин (džyn) [masculine] (Ukrainian), جن (jin) [masculine] (Urdu), جىن (jin) (Uyghur), jin (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-jinn-en-noun-RV6pcb5i Categories (other): Central Kurdish links with redundant target parameters, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Central Kurdish links with redundant target parameters: 70 30 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of 'spirit': 100 0
  2. Such beings collectively.
    Sense id: en-jinn-en-noun-jjkDX5ls
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: jann, jinni, genie, ginn, djinn, djinni, djinny, jinnee, jin Related terms: angel, ghoul, ifrit, jann, nasnas, shaitan

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          "code": "el",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "jini",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "ג׳יני"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
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          "sense": "spirit",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "spirit",
          "word": "djin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "it",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jin",
          "sense": "spirit",
          "word": "ジン"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "alt": "せいれい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "seirei",
          "sense": "spirit",
          "word": "精霊"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "jyn",
          "sense": "spirit",
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        },
        {
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
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          "sense": "spirit",
          "word": "жін"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jin",
          "sense": "spirit",
          "word": "진"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "spirit",
          "word": "cin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "jin",
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          "word": "жин"
        },
        {
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "spirit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "lez",
          "lang": "Lezgi",
          "roman": "žin",
          "sense": "spirit",
          "word": "жин"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "spirit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "džinas"
        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "džin",
          "sense": "spirit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "џин"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "spirit",
          "word": "jin"
        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
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        },
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          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "ǰen",
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          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
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          "sense": "spirit",
          "word": "جن"
        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "spirit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dżin"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "spirit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "sense": "spirit",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "word": "jin"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "spirit",
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          "code": "sl",
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          "sense": "spirit",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "džin"
        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "spirit",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "genio"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "note": "recommended spelling",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
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      "sense": "spirit",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "spirit",
      "word": "ջին"
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      "sense": "spirit",
      "word": "жен"
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      "sense": "spirit",
      "word": "cin"
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      "sense": "spirit",
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    },
    {
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      "sense": "spirit",
      "word": "jeinu"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "džyn",
      "sense": "spirit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "джын"
    },
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      "code": "bn",
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      "roman": "jin",
      "sense": "spirit",
      "word": "জিন"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "spirit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "җин"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "spirit",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "spirit",
      "word": "精灵"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "spirit",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "spirit",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "spirit",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "spirit",
      "word": "镇尼"
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      "code": "dv",
      "lang": "Dhivehi",
      "roman": "jin̊ni",
      "sense": "spirit",
      "word": "ޖިންނި"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "spirit",
      "word": "ĝino"
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "spirit",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "spirit",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "jinn"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ǯini",
      "sense": "spirit",
      "word": "ჯინი"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "spirit",
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      "word": "Dschinn"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "spirit",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "he",
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      "code": "hi",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "जिन्न"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
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    {
      "code": "hi",
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "spirit",
      "word": "djin"
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "spirit",
      "word": "ジン"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せいれい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seirei",
      "sense": "spirit",
      "word": "精霊"
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    {
      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "jyn",
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      "word": "жын"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
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      "word": "жін"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jin",
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      "word": "진"
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    {
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    {
      "code": "ky",
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    {
      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "spirit",
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      "word": "džins"
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    {
      "code": "lez",
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    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
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      ],
      "word": "džinas"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "sense": "spirit",
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    {
      "code": "ms",
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      "word": "jin"
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    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
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    {
      "code": "nog",
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      "sense": "spirit",
      "word": "йин"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "ǰen",
      "sense": "spirit",
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        "masculine"
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    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "spirit",
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    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "rhg",
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "spirit",
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      "code": "sl",
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      "code": "es",
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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "note": "recommended spelling",
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "spirit",
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    {
      "code": "tg",
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    {
      "code": "tt",
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    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "yin",
      "sense": "spirit",
      "word": "ญิน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "spirit",
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    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "spirit",
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    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "spirit",
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    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "džyn",
      "sense": "spirit",
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      "word": "джин"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "jin",
      "sense": "spirit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "جن"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "jin",
      "sense": "spirit",
      "word": "جىن"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "spirit",
      "word": "jin"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "jinn"
  ],
  "word": "jinn"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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