• isame [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        24 days ago

        Ooh I wanted to make that reference too but I don’t have the knowledge to do it properly.i couldn’t remember if jinn started with a D or not, etc.

        • Belly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.net
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          24 days ago

          We don’t have that letter in English (as in, we can’t pronounce it), so jinn and djinn are both acceptable because they’re rough approximations. It’s true of a few of our letters in other languages.

        • Keld [he/him, any]@hexbear.netOP
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          24 days ago

          I’ve seen it both ways. (I’ve also seen it as genie of course)
          My general rule is if you’ve seen an Arabic speaker do it, its probably ok