тин

From Proto-Turkic *tegiŋ (“squirrel”). A squirrel pelt was used as a monetary unit - see e.g. the etymology of Finnish raha (“money”).

Doublet of тейен (teyen, “squirrel”).

Cognate with Tatar тиен (tiyen, “kopek”), Kazakh тиын (tiyn, “former currency unit”), Kyrgyz тыйын (tıyın, “kopek”), Uzbek tiyin (“currency unit in Uzbekistan”), Uyghur تىيىن (tiyin, “kopek”).

• IPA^(key): [tʰʲe̝n]
• Hyphenation: тин (one syllable)

тин • (tin)

1. kopek, one hundredth of Russian ruble

• IPA^(key): [tʲin]

тин • (tin) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of ти́на (tína)

Inherited from Old East Slavic тꙑнъ (tynŭ), from Proto-Slavic *tynъ. Cognate with Belarusian and Russian тын (tyn), Polish tyn, and further with German Zaun, English town.

• IPA^(key): [tɪn]

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тин • (tyn) m inan (genitive ти́ну, nominative plural тини́, genitive plural тині́в)

1. fence made out of vines and branches; wattle
2. a fence in general

   Synonyms: огоро́жа f (ohoróža), загоро́жа f (zahoróža), парка́н m (parkán)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “тин”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund (2001–2025) “Словники України” online [Dictionaries of Ukraine online]‎^[1] (in Ukrainian)

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “тин”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 568