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> For thos curious Efrit is Genie in Arabi More precisely, as I understand it, “genie" is an anglicization of its Arabic equivalent, “jinn"; Efrit is a specif
by dragonwriter 1y ago
> For thos curious Efrit is Genie in Arabi
More precisely, as I understand it, “genie" is an anglicization of its Arabic equivalent, “jinn"; Efrit is a specific kind of jinn.
- kgwgk 1y agoGenie comes from Latin via French, it's not (just) a transliteration. https://www.etymonline.com/word/genie https://www.etymonline.com/word/genie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genius_(mythology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genius_(mythology)