English
jinni
Jinni comes from Arabic جِنِّيّ ‘demonic, belonging or relative to genies or…’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentجِنِّيّjinniyy‘demonic, belonging or relative to genies or jinns’
- Englishearliest quotation 1885jinni
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentجِنِّيّjinniyy‘demonic, belonging or relative to genies or jinns’
- Englishearliest quotation 1885jinni
Earliest quotation: 1885, Richard Francis Burton, Shammar edition: “[W]hen the Jinni narrated to the Jinniyah how the…”
Linked words
through Arabic جِنِّيّ ‘demonic, belonging or relative to genies or…’
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic جِنِّيّ / jinni