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Jinn

2 stages from Arabic to English.

Today it means a supernatural spirit in Arab and Islamic folklore, capable of granting wishes
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Stage 1 of 2
jinni
Arabic · medieval
"a supernatural spirit"
a supernatural spirit capable of good or evil, appearing in folklore and the Quran
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jinn
English · 1700s
"a supernatural spirit of Arabic and Islamic folklore"
adopted directly through translations of Middle Eastern folk tales
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