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džin

džin

See also: dżin

Czech

Noun

džin m

  1. genie, jinn (an invisible Muslim spirit)
  2. genie, jinn (a fictional magical being)
    džin z lahve ― a genie from a bottle

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish cin), from Arabic جِنّ (jinn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʒîn/

Noun

džȉn m (Cyrillic spelling џи̏н)

  1. giant, ogre, troll
  2. jinn, jinni, genie
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English gin, from Dutch genever (juniper), from Old French genevre, from Latin iūniperus (juniper).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʒîn/

Noun

džȉn m (Cyrillic spelling џи̏н)

  1. gin (alcoholic drink)
Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒin/

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish cin), from Arabic جِنّ (jinn).

Noun

džin m (genitive singular džina, nominative plural džinovia, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. jinn, jinni, genie
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English gin, from Dutch genever (juniper), from Old French genevre, from Latin iūniperus (juniper).

Noun

džin m (genitive singular džinu, nominative plural džiny, declension pattern of dub)

  1. gin (alcoholic drink)
Declension

References

  • džin in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk