דין

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Aramaic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέ ().

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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דין (transliteration needed)

  1. yet

Conjunction

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דין (transliteration needed)

  1. yet, but, however

Usage notes

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

Hebrew

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Etymology 1

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Root
ד־י־ן (d-y-n)

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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דִּין (dinm (plural indefinite דִּינִים, singular construct דִּין־, plural construct דִּינֵי־)

  1. judgement; law (a written or understood rule)
  2. logical argument
Derived terms
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References
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Noun

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דַּיָּן (dayánm

  1. defective spelling of דיין.

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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דִּין (dinm

  1. a male given name, Dean

Ladino

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hebrew דִּין (din).

Noun

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דין m (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling din)

  1. religious law

Persian

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Noun

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דין (din)

  1. Judeo-Persian spelling of دین (din).
    • 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.

Yiddish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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דין (din)

  1. thin (having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite)
Declension
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Etymology 2

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From Hebrew דִּין (din).

Noun

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דין (dinm, plural דינים (dinem)

  1. religious law
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