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jinni

, jinnee, djinni, djinny
a being or spirit in Muslim belief who could assume human or animal form and influence man by supernatural powers
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They speak about the precariousness of the human condition and provide moral guidance, motivation and inspiration through heroic figures, fantastical situations, and supernatural, often anthropomorphic beings such as djinns. Researching Arabian tales was difficult because they are part of the oral tradition of this region but are not easily available in written form.
With the knowledge of some in his human family, Indelbed is whisked away to a place where he's less of a threat to the djinn. Presumed dead by most, he is in fact relegated to a pit.
A prosecutor told Gulf News that the defendant acted strangely during interrogation and claimed that he was ordered by a "djinn" (a spirit from that can be either good or evil) to kill his father.
Djinn are supernatural creatures in Islamic mythology and in the game have cursed the locals, forcing them to attack each other, and the goal is to keep cursed citizens at bay while preventing Djinn from taking over the world.
Mr Al-Khatib said: "About four times I saw the djinn inside Rania; one time I saw him inside my son talking to me.
Court records show the mother paid up after being told her daughter would not be able to marry because she was possessed by a djinn, a form of spirit.
"The biggest success for Image Nation is that audiences of all nationalities are going to see Djinn - especially as the majority of dialogue is in Arabic.
Ali realised the bloodthirsty entity haunting this ancient knife was one of the Djinn - extremely evil spirits that have misguided and menaced mankind since time began.
Moreover, drawing parallels from the Arabian fables where the life of a malevolent djinn rested on a parrot and only by killing the parrot could the djinn be put to death; similarly it was pretty evident that Sarabjit's survival in Pakistan solely depended upon how long Kasab and Guru evaded the gallows in India.
letter word IPA pronunciation A aye /aI/ B bdellium /'dEli[??]m/ C cnidarian /nI'dEri[??]n/ D djinn /d[??]In/ E eau /o/ F Floyd /[??][??]Id/ G gnome /no[??]m/ H honest /'anest/ I Iyar /'ija:r/ J Jung /jun/ K knight /naIt/ L LXVI /siksti'sIks[??]/ M mnemonic /n[??]'ma[??]mIk/ N ngultrum /'nultr[??]m/ O oecology /i'kal[??]d[??]i/ P psalm /sam/ Q qi /t[??]i[??]/ R Rx /pr[??]'skrI[??][??]n/ S Sn /tIn/ T tchotchke /'t[??][??]t[??]k[??]/ U Uyghur /'wig[??]/ V VIII /eIt[??]/ W wrap /raep/ X XVII /s[??]v[??]n'tin[??]/ Y Yves /i[??]v/ Z Zhivago /[??]I'vago/ Admittedly, I had to cheat somewhat by using some abbreviations (Rx = prescription), Roman numerals (VIII = eighth), and the authentic Welsh pronunciation of Floyd.
In keeping with those more modern traditions, polished performances by the nominal leads - Cesar Morales as a jack-the-lad lamp bearer and Nao Sakuma his fragrant princess - cede scene-stealing rights to Tzu-Chao Chou's jack-in-the-box Djinn and Iain Mackay's gloriously hammed-up villain.
Now she has to roll through the hellish fire igniting her life and clear the smoke that comes with being both a demon djinn princess, and an assassin turn target.
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