jinni

IPA: dʒˈɪni

Alternative form of jinn [human-like beings, usually unseen by human eye, in opposition to al-ins]

Examples of "jinni" in Sentences

So she start writing about Amma and jinni and exorcism.
I — about the Prince and the Princess whose beauty set the fairy and the jinni disputing.
She told him the tale of a wealthy merchant who was taken captive by a vengeful jinni and condemned to die.
I comforted myself with the thought, rubbing the ring in the darkness, as though it contained a jinni that could advise me.
The record industry seems to think they can legislate the jinni back into the bottle, rather than adapting to new realities.
The merchant's cause is taken up by three old men, who cajole the jinni into postponing the execution until they tell their stories.
In Islam-associated mythology, the jinn were said to be controllable by magically binding them to objects, as Suleiman Solomon most famously did; the Spirit of the Lamp in the story of Aladdin was such a jinni, bound to an oil lamp.
Shahrazad gets to the end of the story of the merchant and the jinni on the third night of her marriage: The tales of the three old men are so marvelous that the jinni (setting a good example for King Shahriyar) sets the merchant free.