jinn
/dʒɪn/(亦作djinn)
noun
(复同单, 或jinns)
- (in Arabian and Muslim mythology) an intelligent spirit of lower rank than the angels, able to appear in human and animal forms and to possess humans（阿拉伯和穆斯林神话中地位比天使低, 能变成人形或动物, 并能操纵人类的）神灵, 神怪。比较GENIE.
词源
from Arabic jinnī, plural jinn.