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jinnia

jinnia noun: a female jinn.

Noun

jinnia (plural jinnias)

  1. A female jinn.
    • A recent author maintains that it is lawful for a man to marry a djinnia, but not for a woman to be married to a djinn.1975, Abdelwanab Bouhdiba, Sexuality in Islam, page 69
    • This jinnia was Jewish, ugly, and desired Ibrahim to be her husband.2001, Gail Currie, Celia Rothenberg, Feminist Revisions of the Subject, page 154

Forms of jinnia

pluraljinnias
alternative formdjinnia
alternative formjinniyah
alternative formjinniyya

Origin of jinnia

Borrowed from Arabic جِنِّيَّة (jinniyya), from جِنِّيّ (jinniyy, “jinn”) + ـة (-a, feminine suffix).

Questions about jinnia

What does jinnia mean?
Jinnia means a female jinn.
What part of speech is jinnia?
Jinnia is a noun.
What is the plural of jinnia?
The plural of jinnia is jinnias.

Words near jinnia in the dictionary

  1. jinnees
  2. Jinnestan
  3. jinnet
  4. jinnets
  5. jinni
  6. jinnia
  7. jinnias
  8. jinnie
  9. jinnies
  10. Jinning
  11. Jinningian

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