dinas

See also: Dinas, diñas, diñás, and dînas

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

dinas

1. second-person singular past historic of diner

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch dienst (“service”), from Middle Dutch dienst, from Old Dutch *thionost, from Proto-Germanic *þewanōstaz, *þewanōną, from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to run, be fluid, flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdinas]
• Hyphenation: di‧nas

Noun

dinas (plural dinas-dinas, first-person possessive dinasku, second-person possessive dinasmu, third-person possessive dinasnya)

1. (government) service, department.

   Dinas Pendidikan ― Education Service

   Dinas Pemadam Kebakaran ― Fire Department

2. (government) government

   Synonym: pemerintah

Synonyms

• (government service): jawatan
• (government service): perkhidmatan (Standard Malay)

Verb

dinas

1. (colloquial) to work.

   Synonyms: bertugas, bekerja

Derived terms

• berdinas
• kedinasan
• mendinaskan

 

• suku dinas

 

Further reading

• “dinas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Navajo

Etymology

Cognates: Western Apache nos~dinos~danos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɪ̀nɑ̀s]

Noun

dinas

1. bearberry, kinnikinnick

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Spanish

Adjective

dinas f pl

1. feminine plural of dino

Noun

dinas f pl

1. plural of dina

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Welsh

Etymology

Augmentative of din (“fortress”), from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪnas/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːnas/, /ˈdɪnas/

Noun

dinas f (plural dinasoedd)

1. city

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dinas	ddinas	ninas	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Derived terms

• prifddinas