דין
Aramaic edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέ (dé).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
דין • (transliteration needed)
Conjunction edit
דין • (transliteration needed)
Usage notes edit
דין is a post-positive word, i.e. it is never the first word in a sentence.
Hebrew edit
Etymology 1 edit
Root |
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ד־י־ן (d-y-n) |
Cognate with Arabic دِين (dīn), Aramaic דִּינָא (dīnā), Amharic ዳኘ (dañä) and Ugaritic 𐎄𐎊𐎐 (dyn).
Pronunciation edit
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /diːn/
Noun edit
דִּין • (din) m (plural indefinite דִּינִים, singular construct דִּין־, plural construct דִּינֵי־)
Derived terms edit
- אין דין ואין דיין / אֵין דִּין וְאֵין דַּיָּן ('éin dín v'éin dayán)
- בית דין
- בַּעַל דִּין (ba'al dín)
- דִּין וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן (din v'kheshbón)
- יוֹם הַדִּין (yom hadin)
- עוֹרֵך דִּין (orékh din, “attorney”)
- עֲרִיכַת דִין (arikhát dín)
- שׁוּרַת הַדִּין (shurát hadín)
References edit
Noun edit
דַּיָּן • (dayán) m
Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
דִּין • (din) m
- a male given name, Dean
Ladino edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hebrew דִּין (din).
Noun edit
דין m (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling din)
- religious law
Persian edit
Noun edit
דין • (din)
- Judeo-Persian spelling of دین (din).
- 1600s, Elisha ben Shmūel, translated by Dalia Yasharpour, The Prince and the Sufi: The Judeo-Persian Rendition of the Buddha Biographies, Brill, published November 9, 2020:
- המישה פיירוו תורה ודין באש
דגר הם צחבת אהל יקין באש- hamiše peyrow-e torâ o din bâš
degar ham sohbat-e ahl-e yaqin bâš - Always pursue the Torah and religion;
Converse with those who know the Truth.
- hamiše peyrow-e torâ o din bâš
Yiddish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old High German dunni, from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz.
Adjective edit
דין • (din)
- thin (having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite)
Declension edit
Declension of דין
Antonyms edit
- דיק (dik)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
דין • (din) m, plural דינים (dinem)
- religious law
Derived terms edit
- בית־דין (beyz-din)
Related terms edit
- דיין (dayen)