דין

Aramaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέ ().

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dejn/

Adverb

דין • (transliteration needed)

  1. yet

Conjunction

דין • (transliteration needed)

  1. yet, but, however

Usage notes

דין is a post-positive word, i.e. it is never the first word in a sentence.

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ד־י־ן (d-y-n)
4 terms

Cognate with Arabic دِين (dīn), Aramaic דִּינָא (dīnā), Amharic ዳኛ (daña) and Ugaritic 𐎄𐎊𐎐 (dyn).

Pronunciation

Noun

דִּין • (dinm (plural indefinite דִּינִים, singular construct דִּין־, plural construct דִּינֵי־)

  1. judgement; law (a written or understood rule)
  2. logical argument
Derived terms
References

Noun

דַּיָּן • (dayánm

  1. defective spelling of דיין.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

דִּין • (dinm

  1. a male given name, Dean

Judeo-Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (dyn' /⁠dēn⁠/). Akin to Persian دین (dīn / din), see there for more.

Noun

דין (dīn)

  1. religion
    • 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.

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew דִּין (din).

Noun

דין m (Latin spelling din)

  1. religious law

Yiddish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪn/

Etymology 1

From Old High German dunni, from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz.

Adjective

דין • (din)

  1. thin (having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite)
Declension
Declension of דין
predicative דין
din
case masculine neuter feminine plural
indefinite definite post./nom.
nominative דינער
diner
דין
din
דינע
dine
דינס
dins
דינע
dine
דינע
dine
accusative דינעם
dinem
dative דינעם
dinem
דינער
diner
Antonyms

Etymology 2

From Hebrew דִּין (din).

Noun

דין • (dinm, plural דינים (dinem)

  1. religious law
Derived terms