Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Jin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jin \Jin\, Jinn \Jinn\, n.
See {Jinnee}. ``Solomon is said to have had power over the
jin.'' --Balfour (Cyc. of India).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jinnee \Jin"nee\, n.; pl. {Jinn}. [Ar.] (Arabian & Mohammedan
Myth.)
A genius or demon; one of the fabled genii, good and evil
spirits, supposed to be the children of fire, and to have the
power of assuming various forms. [Written also {jin},
{djinnee}, etc.]
Note: Jinn is also used as sing., with pl. jinns.
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