Another name for a genie is jinn or djinn, which is original Arabic name, also jinni, djinni, and genii plural, plus spirit or wish-granter in pop culture. Genie is anglicized version of Arabic jinni, so most accurate alternative name is jinn, pronounced as jinn, or djinn with French spelling, both refer to same supernatural beings made of smokeless fire in Islamic mythology. Other names include jinni for singular male, jinniya for female, genii is old plural of genie. In folklore, genie also called ifrit if evil and powerful, marid if very powerful, ghul if evil desert type. In Western stories, another name for genie is wish-granter, lamp spirit, bottle spirit, or magical being. In TV show I Dream of Jeannie, genie called Jeannie. In Disney, genie simply called Genie. So alternative names include jinn, djinn, jinni, djinni, genii, spirit, jinniya for female, ifrit, marid, and ghul for specific types. If you mean genius meaning, another name for genie as in brilliant person is wizard, prodigy, mastermind. But for magical being, best another name is jinn or djinn, which is original and most commonly used synonym in books and academic texts about Arabian mythology.
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