دین

See also: دين and ڈین

Azerbaijani

Noun

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

  1. Arabic spelling of din (religion)

Declension

Central Kurdish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diːn/

Noun

Northern Kurdish dîn

دین (dîn)

  1. religion
    Synonym: ئایین (ayîn)

Derived terms

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

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

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)
Derived terms
  • دین فروش (din furuş, hypocrite)
  • دین پرور (din perver, pious)
  • دیندار (dindâr, religious, pious)
  • دینسز (dinsiz, atheist; merciless)
  • دینی (dinî, religious)
  • كیزلو دین قوللانمق (kizli din kullanmak, to be hypocritical)
Descendants
  • Turkish: din
  • Albanian: din

Further reading

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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)
Derived terms
  • تحویل دین ایتمك (tâhvil-i deyn etmek, to transform a debt)
  • دین مصفی (deyn-i musaffa, liquid debt)
  • دین ممتاز (deyn-i mümtâz, privileged debt)
  • رهنلو دین (rehenly deyn, mortgage debt)
  • رونسز دین (rehensiz deyn, chirographic debt)
Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology 1

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

 

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

Noun

Dari دین
Iranian Persian
Tajik дин

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

  1. religion
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic دَيْن (dayn).

Pronunciation

 

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

Noun

Dari دین
Iranian Persian
Tajik дайн

دین • (deyn)

  1. loan
  2. debt
Descendants

Urdu

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit दीन (dīna).

Adjective

دین • (dīn) (Hindi spelling दीन)

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

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit दिन (dina).

Adjective

دین • (dain) (Hindi spelling दैन)

  1. daily
  2. diurnal

Etymology 3

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

Noun

دین • (dīnm (Hindi spelling दीन)

  1. faith
  2. religion

Etymology 4

From Arabic دَيْن (dayn).

Noun

دین • (dainm (Hindi spelling दैन)

  1. debt
  2. loan

Etymology 5

From Sanskrit दीन (dīna).

Noun

دین • (dainm (Hindi spelling दैन)

  1. poverty
  2. misery
  3. lowliness