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Genie

//ˈd͡ʒiː.ni// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name, diminutive of Eugene and pet form of Gene
  2. 2
    A female given name, diminutive of Eugenie and Eugenia
Noun
  1. 1
    A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.
  2. 2
    (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 wordnet
  3. 3
    A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.

    "genie in a bottle"

Etymology

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

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