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Epigraphic Evidence
Inscriptions found in Northwestern Arabia seem to indicate a connection between the word Djinn and the Latin word Genius. For instance, an inscription from Beth Fasi'el near Palmyra pays tribute to the "Ginnaye", the "good and rewarding gods" (Hoyland Arabia and the Arabs, 2001). This provides a sharp resemblance to the Latin Genius and Juno in that they could be considered equivalent to "Guardian Spirits", and hence reveal the missing link between the Etymology of these two words.