jin

See also: Jin, jín, jìn, jīn, Jīn, jǐn, and -jin

English

Etymology 1

Noun

jin (plural jins)

1. Alternative spelling of jinn
   • 1928, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 21, in Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, page 281:

     Each grasped a musket in one hand and searched for his hijab with the other, for each carried several of these amulets, and that in demand this night was the one written against the jin, for certainly none but a jin could have done this thing.

Etymology 2

From Japanese 神 (jin).

Noun

jin (plural jins or jin)

1. A portion of dead wood on a branch or at the top of the trunk of a bonsai tree, whether formed naturally or deliberately to suggest age and hardship.

Anagrams

• IJN, JNI

Abenaki

Etymology

From English gin.

Noun

jin

1. gin

References

• Laurent, New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒɪn]
• Hyphenation: jin

Etymology 1

From Malay jin, from Classical Malay jin, from Arabic جِنّ (jinn, “genie”).

Noun

jin (uncountable)

1. genie: a jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.

Alternative forms

• djin (pre-1967)

Etymology 2

From Dutch jeans, from English jeans, a shortened form of jean fustian (from Middle English Gene (“Genoa; Genovese”) + fustian (“strong cotton fabric”).

Noun

jin (uncountable)

1. jeans: a pair of trousers made from denim cotton.

Alternative forms

• jins

Etymology 3

From Dutch gin, geneva, alteration of Dutch genever (“juniper”), from Old French genevre (French genièvre), from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”).

Noun

jin (uncountable)

1. gin: a colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails.
2. jenever

   Synonym: jenewer

Derived terms

• jin pahit

 

Etymology 4

From Malay jin, from Classical Malay jin, from Persian زین (zin, “saddle”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (zyn' /⁠zēn⁠/, “saddle”).

Noun

jin (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) saddle: a seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal.

   Synonym: pelana

Alternative forms

• djin (pre-1967)

Further reading

• “jin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

From English gin.

Noun

jin m (genitive singular jin)

1. gin (alcoholic beverage)

Declension

Declension of jin (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative jin vocative a jin genitive jin dative jin forms with the definite article case singular nominative an jin genitive an jin dative leis an jin don jin

Japanese

Romanization

jin

1. Rōmaji transcription of じん
2. Rōmaji transcription of ジン

Mandarin

Romanization

jin

1. Nonstandard spelling of jīn.
2. Nonstandard spelling of jǐn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of jìn.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *ǰánHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰánHs, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɪn/

Noun

jin f

1. woman (adult female human being)
2. wife

Nupe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒī̃/

Verb

jin

1. to do; to practice
2. to make

   Mi è jin yangíci. ― I'm making food.

   Mi jin yèbo! ― I give thanks!

3. to be

   Yìzhè jin èmì à. ― The world is not home.

Derived terms

• jin asike (“to shine”)
• jin boli (“to urinate”)
• jin bàna (“to be destructive”)
• jin bòshí (“to cheat”)
• jin bùcá (“to do private work”)
• jin bùkáta (“to be busy”)
• jin cigbè (“to make medicine”)
• jin cinlèé (“to make an attempt”)
• jin cèto (“to do a kindness”)
• jin cíngùn (“to have a cold”)
• jin dànlíli (“to influence”)
• jin dzànà (“to give a parting gift”)
• jin fushi (“to be angry”)
• jin fàrìgàba (“to be nervous; to be restless”)
• jin fári (“to boast; to brag”)
• jin fòro (“to train; to correct; to punish”)
• jin gáfára (“to forgive”)
• jin gánmi (“to assist”)
• jin gánàwa (“to meet; to counsel”)
• jin gbòdùwà (“to be awkward”)
• jin hankànli (“to beware; to mind; to take care”)
• jin jìkànnà (“to divine in sand”)
• jin káfá
• jin yangíci (“to prepare food”)
• jin yèbo (“to give thanks”)
• jin àdúwa (“to pray”)
• jin àǹfàni (“to profit; to benefit”)
• jin áyíla (“to mensturate”)
• jinfo (“to last long; to be ancient”)
• jingùn (“to do evil”)
• jinjin (“doing; making”)

 

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• 𐴅𐴞𐴕 (jin) — Hanifi Rohingya script

Noun

jin (Hanifi spelling 𐴅𐴞𐴕)

1. jinn

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• جِن
• jẹ̀n (Ijebu)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒĩ̀/

Verb

jìn

1. to be far

Derived terms

• jìnlẹ̀ (“to be deep”)
• jìnnà (“to be far”)