See also: دين and ڈین

Azerbaijani

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Noun

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دین (din) (definite accusative دینی (dini), plural دینلر (dinlər))

  1. Arabic spelling of din (religion)

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Central Kurdish

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Etymology

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Compare Persian دین (din, religion), Parthian 𐫅𐫏𐫗 (dyn, religion), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬁 (daēnā, religion, vision).

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Noun

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Northern Kurdish dîn

دین (dîn)

  1. religion
    Synonym: ئایین (ayîn)

Derived terms

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic دِين (dīn, religion, creed), with some influence from Middle Persian [script needed] (dyn' /⁠dēn⁠/), which developed from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎡𐎴 (d-a-i-n /⁠*daina-⁠/, a religious-informed or conscientious way of life).

Noun

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دین (din) (definite accusative دینی (dini), plural ادیان (edyân))

  1. religion, faith, belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality, accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief
    Synonym: مذهب (mezheb)
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Descendants
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  • Turkish: din
  • Albanian: din

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic دَيْن (dayn, debt, obligation).

Noun

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دین (deyn) (definite accusative دینی (deyni), plural دیون (düyun))

  1. (finance) debt, money that a person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction
    Synonym: بورج (borc)
  2. debt, obligation, an action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another
    Synonym: بورج (borc)
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Persian

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (dyn' /⁠dēn⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎡𐎴 (d-a-i-n /⁠*daina-⁠/, a religious-informed or conscientious way of life), already influenced by Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬁 (daēnā, religion, vision), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰayHanā- (compare Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna)), and Semitic words, see Arabic دِين (dīn), from which the broken plural ادیان (adyân) is borrowed.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? dīn
Dari reading? dīn
Iranian reading? din
Tajik reading? din

Noun

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Dari دین
Iranian Persian
Tajik дин

دین (din) (plural دین‌ها (din-hâ), or ادیان (adyân))

  1. religion
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic دَيْن (dayn).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? dayn
Dari reading? dayn
Iranian reading? deyn
Tajik reading? dayn

Noun

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Dari دین
Iranian Persian
Tajik дайн

دین (deyn)

  1. loan
  2. debt
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Urdu

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Etymology 1

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From Sanskrit दीन (dīna).

Adjective

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دین (dīn) (Hindi spelling दीन)

  1. poor
  2. needy
  3. indigent
  4. distressed

Etymology 2

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From Sanskrit दिन (dina).

Adjective

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دین (dain) (Hindi spelling दैन)

  1. daily
  2. diurnal

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Arabic دِين (dīn) and/or from Classical Persian دین (dīn), from Middle Persian dyn' (dēn).

Noun

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دین (dīnm (Hindi spelling दीन)

  1. faith
  2. religion

Etymology 4

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From Arabic دَيْن (dayn).

Noun

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دین (dainm (Hindi spelling दैन)

  1. debt
  2. loan

Etymology 5

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From Sanskrit दीन (dīna).

Noun

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دین (dainm (Hindi spelling दैन)

  1. poverty
  2. misery
  3. lowliness