ڈین

See also: دين and دین

Punjabi

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Sanskrit डाकिनी (ḍākinī)
    Prakrit 𑀟𑀸𑀇𑀡𑀻 (ḍāiṇī)
    Punjabi ڈَیݨ (ḍaiṇ)

    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀟𑀸𑀇𑀡𑀻 (ḍāiṇī), from Sanskrit डाकिनी (ḍākinī).

    Cognates

    Cognate with Saraiki ݙائݨ (ḏā'iṇ), Sindhi ڏَائِڻُ m (ḍ̠āiṇu), Urdu ڈَائِن (ḍāin), Bengali ডাইনি (ḍaini), among others.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ڈَیݨ • (ḍaiṇ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਡੈਣ)

    1. witch; sorceress
    2. (figuratively, derogatory) hag; an unpleasant, ugly woman
      • 2002, فیر کیہہ ہویا [fer kīh hoyā, Then what happened?], Lahore, →OCLC, page 35:
        ایہہ تے اوس ڈین نوں وی نئیں پتہ۔
        aih te os ḍaiṇ nūṉ vī naīṉ patah.
        Even that hag doesn't know about this.

    Declension

    Declension of ڈین
    singular plural
    direct ڈَیݨ (ḍaiṇ) ڈَیݨاں (ḍaiṇāṉ)
    oblique ڈَیݨ (ḍaiṇ) ڈَیݨاں (ḍaiṇāṉ)
    vocative ڈَیݨے (ḍaiṇe) ڈَیݨو (ḍaiṇo)
    ablative ڈَیݨوں (ḍaiṇoṉ) ڈَیݨاں (ḍaiṇāṉ)
    locative ڈَیݨی (ḍaiṇī) ڈَیݨِیں (ḍaiṇīṉ)
    instrumental ڈَیݨِیں (ḍaiṇīṉ) ڈَیݨے (ḍaiṇe)

    Further reading

    • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ڈَین”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
    • “ਡੈਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ḍākínī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 311
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