From: ROCxolan@t-online.de   
      
   David E. Milligan wrote:   
   > No one seems to know how Jinn/djinn/gin is supposed to be spelled.   
      
   Gin is an alcoholic drink.   
      
   Djinn is a French-type and Jinn an English-type spelling of one and the   
   same Arabic word which originally means "concealment" and which denotes   
   a race of supernatural beings lesser than gods, so we may translate the   
   term as "spirits". Another English word for them which happens to sound   
   very similar is "genies".   
      
   --   
      
   Florian   
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