dini

See also: Dini, diní, dinî, and díní-

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic дини
Abjad دینی

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic دِينِيّ (dīniyy). By surface analysis, din +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

dini (comparative daha dini, superlative ən dini)

  1. religious

Etymology 2

Noun

dini

  1. definite accusative singular of din

Catalan

Verb

dini

  1. inflection of dinar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Higaonon

Adverb

dini

  1. here

Iban

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [di.ni]
  • Hyphenation: di‧ni
  • Rhymes: -ni

Adverb

dini

  1. (interrogative) where

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Back-formation from dini hari (early day), from earlier dina hari, from Javanese ꦢꦶꦤ (dina, day), from Old Javanese dina (day), from Sanskrit दिन (dina, a day).

Noun

dini (comparative lebih dini, superlative paling dini)

  1. early day
  2. early
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Arabic دِينِيّ (dīniyy, religious).

Adjective

dini (comparative lebih dini, superlative paling dini)

  1. religious
    Synonym: religius

Further reading

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Sundanese dini, dinih, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *di-ni (here). Compare Tagalog dini.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dini/

Adverb

dini

  1. (dialectal, Baduy) here[1]
    Synonym: dieu

References

  1. ^ "Dini" in 'Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek', S. Coolsma, A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij, 2nd print (1913), page 121.

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِين (dīn).

Pronunciation

Noun

dini class IX (plural dini class X)

  1. religion

Derived terms

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *di-ni (here). The latter half of the word is possibly related to iri / ire / idi. See also ganiri and other Tagalog demonstrative pronouns. Meanwhile, the former half is possibly related to Malay di and Indonesian di as a likely cognate. Compare Cebuano dinhi, Tausug , and Malay sini.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈdini/ [ˈd̪iː.n̪ɪ], (colloquial) /ˈdine/ [ˈd̪iː.n̪ɛ]
  • Rhymes: -ini
  • Syllabification: di‧ni

Adverb

dini (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜈᜒ) (dialectal)

  1. here (near the speaker)
    Synonym: dito

Usage notes

  • Used in most dialects except standard or Manila Tagalog.
  • When the preceding word ends with a vowel, w, or y, rini is used instead.

Derived terms

  • dumini
  • garini
  • nandini
  • narini
  • naririni
  • pagparini
  • parika
  • parini
  • pumarini

See also

Further reading

  • dini”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*-ni”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [diːni]
  • Hyphenation: di‧ni

Adjective

dīnī

  1. misspelling of dinî (religious)

Noun

dīni

  1. accusative singular of din
  2. third-person singular possessive of din

Turkmen

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِينِيّ (dīniyy). By surface analysis, din +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: di‧ni

Adjective

dini (comparative ?, superlative dini)

  1. religious

Further reading

  • dini” in Enedilim.com
  • dini” in Webonary.org

Western Bukidnon Manobo

Adverb

dini

  1. here