دین

See also: دين and ڈین

Azerbaijani

Noun

دین (din) (definite accusative دینی (dini), plural دینلر (dinlər))

1. Arabic spelling of din (“religion”)

Declension

Declension of دین

	singular	plural
nominative	دین	دینلر
definite accusative	دینی	دینلری
dative	دینه	دینلره
locative	دینده	دینلرده
ablative	دیندن	دینلردن
definite genitive	دینین	دینلرین

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian دِین.

Noun

دین • (din)

1. religion

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic دَيْن (dayn).

Noun

دین • (deyn)

1. debt

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dyn' /⁠dēn⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎡𐎴 (d-a-i-n /⁠*daina-⁠/, “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)), and Semitic words, see Arabic دِين (dīn), from which the broken plural ادیان (adyân) is borrowed.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ˈdiːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪íːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪íːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪íːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ín]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪íːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ín]

Readings
Classical reading?	dīn
Dari reading?	dīn
Iranian reading?	din
Tajik reading?	din

Noun

Dari	دین
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дин

دین • (din) (plural دین‌ها (din-hâ) or ادیان (adyân))

1. religion

Derived terms

• دیندار (dindâr)
• دینور (dinvar)
• بهدین (beh-din)
• بی‌دین (bi-din)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic دَيْن (dayn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ˈdajn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ǽjn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ǽjn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ǽjn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ǽjn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ejn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ǽjn]

Readings
Classical reading?	dayn
Dari reading?	dayn
Iranian reading?	deyn
Tajik reading?	dayn

Noun

Dari	دین
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дайн

دین • (deyn)

1. loan
2. debt

Descendants

• → Bengali: দেনা (dena)
• → Urdu: دین (dain)

Urdu

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit दीन (dīna).

Adjective

دین • (dīn) (Hindi spelling दीन)

1. poor
2. needy
3. indigent
4. distressed

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit दिन (dina).

Adjective

دین • (dain) (Hindi spelling दैन)

1. daily
2. diurnal

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic دِين (dīn) and/or from Classical Persian دین (dīn), from Middle Persian dyn' (dēn).

Noun

دین • (dīn) m (Hindi spelling दीन)

1. faith
2. religion

Etymology 4

From Arabic دَيْن (dayn).

Noun

دین • (dain) m (Hindi spelling दैन)

1. debt
2. loan

Etymology 5

From Sanskrit दीन (dīna).

Noun

دین • (dain) m (Hindi spelling दैन)

1. poverty
2. misery
3. lowliness