دینی

See also: ديني

Azerbaijani

Adjective

دینی

1. Arabic spelling of dini

Noun

دینی

1. Arabic spelling of dini

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From دین (dîn) +‎ ـی (-î).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːniː/

Adjective

Northern Kurdish	dînî

دینی (dînî)

1. religious

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic دِين (dīn)

Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Semitic

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)

Arabic دِينِيّ (dīniyy)bor.

Ottoman Turkish دینی

Borrowed from Arabic دِينِيّ (dīniyy). By surface analysis, دین (din) +‎ ـی (-î, nisba suffix).

Adjective

دینی • (dini)

1. religious

Descendants

• Turkish: dinî

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِينِيّ (dīniyy). By surface analysis, دین (din) +‎ ـی (-i, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /diː.ˈniː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪iː.níː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪iː.níː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪iː.níː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪i.ní]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪iː.níː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪i.ní]

• Rhymes: -iː

Readings
Classical reading?	dīnī
Dari reading?	dīnī
Iranian reading?	dini
Tajik reading?	dini

Adjective

Dari	دینی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	динӣ

دینی • (dini)

1. religious

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “دینی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic دِينِيّ (dīniyy) (through Classical Persian دینی (dīnī)). By surface analysis, دین (dīn) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪iː.niː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: دی‧نی

Adjective

دِینِی • (dīnī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling दीनी)

1. religious

References

• “دینی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دینی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.