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Definition of Jinni
1. Noun. (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.
Category relationships: Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism
Specialized synonyms: Shaitan, Shaytan, Eblis
Generic synonyms: Disembodied Spirit, Spirit
Definition of Jinni
1. Noun. a supernatural being with extraordinary powers that usually takes human form and serves its summoner: djinn, genie ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jinni
1. jinn [n -S] - See also: jinn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jinni
Literary usage of Jinni
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary by Ibn Khallikān (1843)
"Abu '1-Fath Othman Ibn jinni, a native of Mosul, was one of the great mas- ...
His father jinni was a Greek slave belonging to Sulaiman Ibn Fahd Ibn Ahmad ..."
2. The Sacred Tree: Or, The Tree in Religion and Myth by J. H. Philpot (1897)
"To the class of wood-spirits as a whole belong certain at least of the jinni of
Arabia, the woodland spirits of Greek and Roman mythology, and the wild men ..."
3. Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an by Heinrich Barth (1859)
"The communication therefore with jinni and the region on the upper course of the
river ... as Governor of jinni, and arranged matters in that distant place, ..."
4. The Thousand and One Quarters of an Hour: (Tartarian Tales) by Thomas-Simon Gueullette, Leonard C. Smithers (1893)
"The jinni, my lord, having then instructed the prince what he was to do when he
should ... The jinni, after having viewed him with abundance of attention, ..."
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