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EBLIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does eblis mean?
• EBLIS (noun)
The noun EBLIS has 1 sense:
1. (Islam) the principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology
Familiarity information: EBLIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Islam) the principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("eblis" is a kind of...):
djinn; djinni; djinny; genie; jinnee; jinni ((Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals)
Domain category:
Islam; Islamism; Mohammedanism; Muhammadanism; Muslimism (the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran)
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