In Urdu, we use Parii परी and Jinn जिन्न to mean the same thing. Is it same in Hindi also?
In Hindi Parii परी and Jinn जिन्न are not the same. Parii परी is considered essentially female while Jinn जिन्न can be both, may be, but mostly used for males. As such in Hinduism, souls don't have any gender but when souls are stuck without taking rebirth, hence called Atma आत्मा, Jinn जिन्न or Pret, or things like that, a gender is used to describe such souls. Yet in truest form a soul doesn't have any particular gender in Hinduism.
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