דין

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέ (dé).

• IPA^(key): /dejn/

דין • (transliteration needed)

1. yet

דין • (transliteration needed)

1. yet, but, however

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

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

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /diːn/

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

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

• H1779 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• "דין" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

דַּיָּן • (dayán) m

1. defective spelling of דיין.

דִּין • (din) m

1. a male given name, Dean

From Persian دین (din), from Middle Persian [script needed] (dyn' /⁠dēn⁠/), from Old Persian *dainah (“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)). Influenced by Semitic words such as Arabic دِين (dīn) and Hebrew דִּין (din).

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.

Borrowed from Hebrew דִּין (din).

דין m (Latin spelling din)

1. religious law

• IPA^(key): /dɪn/

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

דין • (din)

1. thin (having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite)

• דיק (dik)

From Hebrew דִּין (din).

דין • (din) m, plural דינים (dinem)

1. religious law

• בית־דין (beyz-din)

• דיין (dayen)