genie

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

genie [genie genii genies] BrE [ˈdʒiːni] NAmE [ˈdʒiːni] noun (pl. gen·iesor geniiBrE [ˈdʒiːniaɪ] ; NAmE [ˈdʒiːniaɪ] )
(in Arabian stories) a spirit with magic powers, especially one that lives in a bottle or a lamp
Syn: ↑djinn

Word Origin:
mid 17th cent. (denoting a guardian or protective spirit): from French génie, from Latin genius ‘attendant spirit present from one's birth, innate ability or inclination’, from the root of gignere ‘beget’. Génie was adopted in the current sense by the 18th-cent. French translators of The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, because of its resemblance in form and sense to Arabic jinnī ‘jinnee’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  jinni, jinnee, djinni, djinny, djinn