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jinn

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/dʒɪn/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/dʒɪn/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling( jin)

Inflections of 'jinn' (n):
jinns
npl (All usages)
jinn
npl (Can be used as a collective plural—e.g. "Jinn are demons.")

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
jinn /dʒɪn/USA pronunciation  also jin•ni /dʒɪˈni, ˈdʒɪni/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. jinns also jin•nis, (esp. as a group) jinn also jin•ni. 
  1. Eastern Religions(in Islamic myth) a spirit capable of appearing in human and animal forms and influencing people for good or evil.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
jinn  ( jin),USA pronunciation n., pl. jinns, (esp. collectively) jinn. [Islamic Myth.]
  1. Eastern Religionsany of a class of spirits, lower than the angels, capable of appearing in human and animal forms and influencing humankind for either good or evil.
Also, jin•ni  ( ji nē, jinē),USA pronunciation djin, djinn, djinni, jin. 
  • plural of Arabic jinnī demon 1675–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
jinn /dʒɪn/ n
  1. (often functioning as singular)
    the plural of jinni
'jinn' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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