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genie

ge·nie

UK/ˈd͡ʒiːni/ US/ˈdʒini/ fairly common

noun

1.

(Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals

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Origin

From French génie (“genius, genie”), a phono-semantic matching of Arabic جِنِّيّ (jinniyy).

Phrases

  • put the genie back in the bottle
  • the genie is out of the bottle

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