Dina

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dina"

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdiːnə/
  • Rhymes: -iːnə

Etymology 1

Equivalent of the biblical name Dinah in several European languages, ultimately from Hebrew דִּינָה.

Proper noun

Dina

  1. A female given name from Hebrew.
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed clipping of longer names in many languages, such as Italian Dina.

Proper noun

Dina

  1. A female given name from Italian.
Coordinate terms

See also

Anagrams

Cebuano

Proper noun

Dina

  1. a female given name from English [in turn from Hebrew]
  2. (biblical) Dinah; a daughter of Jacob and Leah

Faroese

Proper noun

Dina f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Dina: Dinuson
  • daughter of Dina: Dinudóttir

Declension

singular
indefinite
nominative Dina
accusative Dinu
dative Dinu
genitive Dinu

Italian

Etymology

Shortened form of longer names.

Proper noun

Dina f

  1. a female given name (derived from the diminutives, evolved to be a separate name independent of dimunition)
  2. a diminutive of the female given names Claudia, Claudina, Blandina, Alfreda, or Alfredina

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • English: Dina

Anagrams

Lashi

Etymology

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew דִּינָה.

Pronunciation

  • (Waingmaw) IPA(key): [di˧˧.na˧˧]
  • Hyphenation: Di‧na

Proper noun

Dina

  1. Dinah (biblical character)
    • 2005, “Apoem ayang꞉ 34:26 [Genesis 34:26]”, in Jhoem꞉ mougsougˮ [The Book of the Bible]‎[1], page 56:
      Hau꞉ thang꞉ nya꞉ nhammooˮ Dina ri Shekhem daˮ yhoem꞉ mo shuˮ yu lho꞉ loo bye꞉.
      After that [they] took his sister Dinah from Shechem's house and they left.

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in early 20th century. From Hebrew דִּינָה. Cognate with English Dinah.

Proper noun

Dina f

  1. a female given name

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • [2] Population Register of Latvia: Dina was the only given name of 1986 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Dina

  1. Dinah (biblical character)
  2. a female given name of biblical origin, also short for names like Bernhardine

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǐːna/

Proper noun

Dína f (Cyrillic spelling Ди́на)

  1. a female given name

Declension

Further reading

  • Dina”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdina/ [ˈd̪i.na]
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: Di‧na

Proper noun

Dina f

  1. a female given name