Meaning : The noun refers to a magical spirit, originally in traditional stories from Arab, who does or provides whatever the person who controls it asks.
Origin: This mid-17th Century word is said to have originated from the French word génie, deriving from Latin genius, meaning guardian deity. It was used in the current sense by the 18th-Century French translators of The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, because of its resemblance in form and sense to the Arabic word jinni – the singular of jinn, referring to demons. spirits, angels.
Usage : She rubbed the lamp and waited for a genie.
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