דיין

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See also: דײַן

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ד־י־ן (d-y-n)

Cognate with Arabic دَيَّان (dayyān), Aramaic דַּיָּנָא (dayyānā).

Noun

דיין / דַּיָּן (dayánm (plural indefinite דיינים / דַּיָּנִים, singular construct דיין / דַּיַּן־, plural construct דייני / דַּיָּנֵי־)

  1. judge, jurist

Yiddish

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew דַּיָּן.

Noun

דיין (dayenm, plural דיינים (dayonem)

  1. religious judge

Etymology 2

Determiner

דיין (dayn)

  1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of דײַן (dayn).