*√GNN/Y “jinn, demon”

#Semitic *√GNN/Y “jinn, demon” (< GNN “enclosure”? Latin Genius? Avestic Jaini?):

#Aramaic

#Palmyrene

• gny “jinn, deity” <Ar. “jinn”?

#Arabic

• ǧinn-, ǧinniy “jinn, demon” < Palm. “deity”?
• ǧann “snake, demon”
• ǧunūn “madness, rage, fact of being possessed from a jinn”

#ModernSouthArabian

#Mehri

• gənnāy “jinn, demon”
• šgunûn “to be possessed”

#Jibbali

• gənní “jinn, demon”

#Soqotri

• n-gnn “to be or become insane”

#Harsusi

• yann “madness, nonsense”

#Ethiopian

#Geez

• gānen “jinn, demon”

#Tigre

• ganen “jinn, demon”
• gənni “bad spirit causing hysteria to women”

#Tigrinya

• ganen “jinn, demon”

#Amharic

• ganen “jinn, demon”

#Gurage

• ganen “jinn, demon”