dini

See also: Dini, diní, dinî, and díní-

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic дини
Arabic 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
    pernikahan diniearly-age marriage
  2. (less common) early day
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Arabic دِينِيّ (dīniyy, religious).

Adjective

dini (comparative lebih dini, superlative paling dini)

  1. religious
    Synonym: religius

Further reading

Lower Tanana

Verb

dini

  1. second-person singular imperfective of di

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).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

dini class IX (plural dini class X)

  1. religion

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 109-110 Nr. 973

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, 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