jinni

variants or jinn also djinni or djinn

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Recent Examples of jinni Poltergeists, jinn, and the Ghost of Christmas Past all count as metaphysical entities. Big Think, 13 Dec. 2024 The jinni has kept the woman locked in a glass chest, deep in the sea, but that hasn’t stopped her from sleeping with ninety-eight other men. Yasmine Al-Sayyad, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022 Traditionally, jinn aren't seen as good or evil, and that moral ambiguity carries over to the series. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 June 2019 Next to me was Said Suleiman Mohammed, herbalist and jinni hunter. Justin Fornal, National Geographic, 29 Jan. 2016 Although they are believed to exist in an endless variety of manifestations, negative and positive, jinn are most commonly thought to invade the homes and bodies of humans to cause distress. Justin Fornal, National Geographic, 29 Jan. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jinni
Noun
  • But Garcia became Zeke, a fourth grader who found a genie and wished to turn into rocks and skateboards.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 12 June 2025
  • And of course, there’s no turning back — the genie is very much out of the bottle.
    Jennifer Green, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Following an appearance on the U.K. entrepreneur pitch show Dragons Den - modelled on Shark Tank - the company gained an angel investor (Stephen Bartlett) and a lot of publicity.
    Trevor Clawson, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
  • Rob Reiner appears, as if from nowhere, as a heroic angel investor who seems heaven sent to help save the Bear.
    Marah Eakin, Vulture, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • This is a pen that is both weighty and lighthearted – fitting for the home of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, whose life of bonhomie and good cheer was disrupted by adventure and dragons and ring wraiths and war.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
  • The First Shadow was an effect as magical as the telekinetic wraiths emanating above the actors’ bodies.
    Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025

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