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Plurial Form Of Djinns What it is?

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Posted 08 April 2004 - 08:34 PM

I've been wondering what it was or what is the correct word for thse small pets... don't post your answers just comment about the odd way to spell it.

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Posted 08 April 2004 - 09:22 PM

I think it's perfectly normal, compared to the English language. Oh yeah, it's djinni.

Moved to help.

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Posted 08 April 2004 - 10:04 PM

It's Djinni (sorry). Yes it is odd. In English of couse, we put s's and es's and eese (geese)

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Posted 09 April 2004 - 06:34 AM

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You are all wrong!!!
Djinni is an Arabic version of the English word Genie. The plural is Djinn, and is pronounced like the alcoholic drink "GIN". I went through extensive study to discover this information. So don't bad mouthe me!!!!!
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Posted 09 April 2004 - 07:54 AM

Let me clear this up:
Djinni is the official singular (1 creature)
Djinn is the official plural (more than 1 djinni)

That is what Camelot says it is and was printed in both manuals (for GS and TLA).

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Posted 09 April 2004 - 10:13 AM

i always thought just the oppisite op what Max said, but if camelot sais so, i believe them.

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Posted 09 April 2004 - 10:17 AM

Hmm, me too... I never read through the manuals...

To The Lord of the Morning: What's there to get so mad about?

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Posted 09 April 2004 - 11:56 AM

My science teacher said that thing about the Genie. I thought that wash kind of weird at first, but it actually makes sense x.x;;

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Posted 09 April 2004 - 12:48 PM

Yeah i was watching this movie and they said Djinni... I always used to pronounce it D-jinn and D-jinni but its really pronounced Jinn and Jinni...

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Posted 09 April 2004 - 02:32 PM

The Lord of the Morning, on Apr 9 2004, 06:34 AM, said:

We were not bad mouthing you. Chill out and cool it.

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Posted 09 April 2004 - 08:15 PM

Djinn is the plural.
Djinni is the singular.

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Posted 09 April 2004 - 09:54 PM

That answers an important question. Well, it answered mine, maybe not yours, but I hope it is solved.

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Posted 10 April 2004 - 06:36 AM

The Lord of the Morning, on Apr 9 2004, 12:34 PM, said:

:joy:
You are all wrong!!!
Djinni is an Arabic version of the English word Genie. The plural is Djinn, and is pronounced like the alcoholic drink "GIN". I went through extensive study to discover this information. So don't bad mouthe me!!!!!
<_<

Okay, settle down guy... No one is going to hurt you.

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Posted 10 April 2004 - 10:44 AM

I always thought it was the other way. I would always say "Look at that Djinn" all the time or something. I never day Djinni.

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Posted 10 April 2004 - 03:13 PM

Djinni sounds kinda weird, i like Djinn better.

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Posted 10 April 2004 - 09:34 PM

Yeah. That's like the only thing I use. I don't day Djinni or Djinns or anything. Just plain old Djinn all the time.

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Posted 11 April 2004 - 03:17 AM

yeah, all the time someone ask me: what are those little dogs?
i say: those are called Djinn, not dogs.

but anyways, i won't even consider using the word Djinni, because i like Djinn more ^_^

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Posted 11 April 2004 - 08:56 PM

I dun care if you're supposed to say it with a silent D.

D-jinn sounds cooler. ;)

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Posted 11 April 2004 - 09:45 PM

lol it sounds cool but like if your around your friends who play Golden Sun and your like i love the D-Jinn Serac and they like what.. Don't you know its Jinn and then your going to say i knew that but they will go like sure...

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Posted 11 April 2004 - 09:57 PM

Heh... I prefer Djinn to be pronounce Jin more, I always used that sound the first time I saw the word Djinn. How do you pronounce Djinni? Is it like Jinny?

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Posted 11 April 2004 - 10:06 PM

Yeah its pronounced like the Genie and stuff like what someone said above it really means Genie and stuff and did u know Psynergy Is really pronounced Sinergy something so.

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Posted 11 April 2004 - 10:09 PM

I always pronounced it Sinergy... I guess I'm good at spelling...

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Posted 11 April 2004 - 10:12 PM

When GS1 was the only GS relased i use to say Ragnarok is one cool P-synergy then GS2 got released so then i was watching this review for it and i heard mogan (from techtv's xplay) sayins sinergy i was like WHAT? all this time am pronouncing it wrong.

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Posted 11 April 2004 - 10:14 PM

Yes, the english language is confusing...

Saying "..." at the end of every sentence...

Makes me more mysterious...

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Posted 11 April 2004 - 10:46 PM

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All the friends I ask they say D-jinn too.

I say D-jinn

I say Sigh-energy

I say I-sakushibooshnacovino... not really...

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Posted 12 April 2004 - 07:25 AM

Some of my friends used to say D-Jinn and stuff but we watch X-Play and stuff so we saw the review the same time ... the other day they was like it got a 5 out of 5 and its pronounced jinn! (because i used to tell em its D-Jinn)

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Posted 12 April 2004 - 10:57 AM

I'll still pronounce it D-Jinn. I like the sound of that. Sounds cooler than Jinn... Sounds like a drink.

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Posted 12 April 2004 - 01:48 PM

MysticWarrior, on Apr 12 2004, 05:14 AM, said:

Yes, the english language is confusing...

Saying "..." at the end of every sentence...

Makes me more mysterious...

lol... i always do that too.

but i'll do it this way:

djinn [spelled like] Gin
Psynergy [spelled like] Sinergy

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Posted 12 April 2004 - 08:53 PM

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Saying "..." at the end of every sentence...

OMG I do that all the time...

I pronounce Djinn like D or the JINN
I always pronounced Psynergy like PSY-ENERGY but now I realized its Psnergy...

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Posted 12 April 2004 - 10:00 PM

Eugine, on Apr 12 2004, 04:45 AM, said:

My friends put the D in too. So there. :P

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The Lord of the Morning, on Apr 9 2004, 08:34 AM, said:

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You are all wrong!!!
Djinni is an Arabic version of the English word Genie. The plural is Djinn, and is pronounced like the alcoholic drink "GIN". I went through extensive study to discover this information. So don't bad mouthe me!!!!!
:D

Heh, since the djinn are part of Arabic mythology, shouldn't the English word be considered the foreign language form?

Actually, I believe djinn and genii are two different words that describe similar creatures, but aren't exactly the same thing. I often saw Arabic tales in translation use both words in the same sentence, something like "the ruler of all djinn and genii."

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Posted 26 April 2004 - 05:13 PM

Oh, now I get it. Yeah, I always used to pronounce it like D-jinn and D-jinni. This really clears things up for my pronounciation. For some reason, I always mispronounce words, towns and stuff like that (even Pokemon I get wrong). Opss I think I went a bit off topic though. And with Psynergy I called it Sigh-energy and now I know that it is sinergy (sounds better to me :lol: )

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Posted 26 April 2004 - 07:49 PM

Yeah. Me too, well, I MEAN for them to be pronounced wrong. Like Psynergy. I pronounce it Sigh-Energy on purpose.

Old topic, lol.

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Posted 26 April 2004 - 10:21 PM

Djinn is many
Djinni is one

~I say~
Psy-nergy (as in hit, wit, mit, kit, bit, lit, fit, you get the idea)
Jinn (as in, gin, kin, bin, in, pin etc.)
Jinny (" ", and "ee" sound at the end.

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Posted 27 April 2004 - 04:53 AM

I know, It's so confusing Camelot is these days... So all this time I was telling my brother and friends that it is D-jinn and D-jinni and Sigh-energy when really it was supposed to be jinn, jinni and sinergy (Still sounds better :lol: )

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Posted 10 July 2004 - 06:22 PM

Even Morgan on TechTV pronounces it "Jinn" "Jinni".

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Posted 10 July 2004 - 06:32 PM

yup. there's no such thing as "Djinns" or "Djinnis".

anyway, I pronounce "Psynergy" just like that. Sie-Ner-Gee

I pronounce "Djinn" Djin. explained in more detail in another topic.

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 07:27 PM

Lol yeah I always spelled pysnergy SIGH-ENERGY. I never noticed there wasn't an 'E' before the N. I always prounced Djinn "Dih-Gin". Im still always going to call it those though, since Im so used to them.

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Posted 17 July 2004 - 04:36 AM

Djinni is the plural of djinn, as cacti is the plural of cactus. i should know i do english at A-level!

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Posted 25 July 2004 - 09:55 AM

come to think of it, djinni is really the singluar form, because it reads djinni- genie, and genie isnt plural. the plural of djinni isn't really djinnis, but djinn, makes sense, because genies doesn't sound good, but gene does. thats it ^_^

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Posted 27 July 2004 - 07:15 AM

Djinn refers to a single genie, i play magic so i should know.

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Posted 27 July 2004 - 12:42 PM

Dullahan, on Jul 27 2004, 09:15 AM, said:

Djinn refers to a single genie, i play magic so i should know.

Sorry to break it to you,but Max even said
Plural:Djinn
Single:Djinni
Sorry but the Magic game is wrong!!!!!!!!

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Posted 27 July 2004 - 12:56 PM

Djinni and Djinn are kinda wierd words. Can't we just call them, spirits? Because that's what they are.

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Posted 03 August 2004 - 04:22 AM

Djinn: Plural
Djinni: Singular

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Posted 04 August 2004 - 12:43 PM

i have no idea wut it truly is but i've always called them in plural just djinn. its just the wasy it sounds right 2 me.

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Posted 05 August 2004 - 09:14 PM

Ya camalot would be right after all they invented the game.

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Posted 06 August 2004 - 05:06 AM

DOn't confuse me guys lol

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Posted 04 February 2005 - 10:58 PM

Not again...

Britannica World Language Dictionary, pg. 373

"djinni (ji-nee') n. pl. djinn: In Moslem mythology, an order of super natural beings able to assume animal or human form, and often at the call and service of men through some magical controlling object. The plural form is often erroneously used as a singular. Sometimes spelled jinni, genie. [<Arabic jinn-eye]"

The Lord of Morning was correct... It originated from Arabic, yes, but it isn't. And, notice it says "...the plural form [djinn] is often erroneously used as a singular...".

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Posted 05 February 2005 - 04:57 AM

The discussion here is about the plural form of Djinns in Golden Sun.
Whatever Muslim mythology states is 100% irrelevent.

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Woridar, on Feb 4 2005, 11:58 PM, said:

Britannica World Language Dictionary, pg. 373

"djinni (ji-nee') n. pl. djinn: In Moslem mythology, an order of super natural beings able to assume animal or human form, and often at the call and service of men through some magical controlling object. The plural form is often erroneously used as a singular. Sometimes spelled jinni, genie. [<Arabic jinn-eye]"

No, that's not the point. I symply offered the full definition so that people wouldn't tell me I made it up. And if you read the definition, it says the plural form. Therefore, it is not irrelevant. Camelot didn't invent djinn, they've been around in mythology for quite some time.

And if you still want proof exclusively to golden sun, here's a screen capture: http://www.goldensun-syndicate.net/tla/djinn/echo/screen4.gif
It refers to Echo as a djinni. Not a djinn. So, if the singular form is djinni... hmm... now what would the plural form be?

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