dina

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dina"

Languages (23)

Afar • Balinese • Catalan • Deg Xinag • Fijian • French • Hausa • Ido • Italian • Javanese • Luba-Kasai • Old Javanese • Pali • Portuguese • Serbo-Croatian • Sidamo • Siraya • Spanish • Sundanese • Swedish • Tsuut'ina • Upper Kuskokwim • Zulu

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Afar

Etymology

From Arabic زِنَاء (zināʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈna/ [dɪˈnʌ]
• Hyphenation: di‧na

Noun

diná f

1. adultery

Balinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dinə/
• Hyphenation: di‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Javanese dina, from Sanskrit दिन (dina, “day”). Cognate to Javanese ꦢꦶꦤ (dina, “day”) and Javanese ꦢꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀ (dinten, “day”).

Noun

dina (Balinese script ᬤᬶᬦ)

1. (andap) day

   Synonym: (alus mider) rahina

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit दीन (dīna, “miserable”). Cognate to Indonesian (archaic or obsolete) hina dina (“poor and miserable”).

Adjective

dina (Balinese script ᬤᬷᬦ)

1. miserable

Further reading

• “dina”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈdi.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈdi.na]

Verb

dina

1. inflection of dinar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Deg Xinag

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *dəneˑ.

Noun

dina

1. person, people

References

• Deg Xinag Learners' Dictionary — Deg Xinag Ałixi Ni'elyoy, Alaska Native Knowledge Network, 2007

Fijian

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Oceanic *tuna.

Adjective

dina

1. true, real, genuine, authentic

   Antonym: lasu

   E dina na nona vosa.

   His/her words are true.

2. faithful, trustworthy, reliable

   E tamata dina ko koya.

   S/he is a trustworthy person.

3. effective, effectual, efficacious (producing a decided or decisive effect)

   Synonym: yaco

   Na wai ni gunu oqo e dina.

   This medicine is effective.

4. sincere, earnest

   Sa dina na nona kerekere.

   His/her request is sincere.

Noun

dina

1. truth, reality (that which is true or real)

   Antonym: lasu

   Na dina e na rawa ni tarovi ira.

   The truth will set them free.

Verb

dina (transitive dinata) (intransitive)

1. to tell the truth, to be truthful

   Mo dina ga!

   Just tell the truth!

2. to believe, to accept as true

   Au dinata na nomu vosa.

   I believe your words.

3. to obey, to comply with, to fulfill

   Era dinata na vunau.

   They obey the law.

Conjunction

dina

1. although, even though, despite

   Dina ni sa rawa, e sega ni cakava.

   Although it was possible, s/he did not do it.

Derived terms

• dina sara (“very true, certain”)
• ivakadinadina (“witness, testimony, evidence, proof”)
• lotu dina (“pious, religious”)
• soli vakadinadina (“giving of testimony”)
• tawa dina (“untrue, false, insincere”)
• tawa dinata (“disbelief, distrust”)
• tawa lotu dina (“irreligious”)
• vakadina (“truly, indeed”)
• vakadinadina (“haughty, self-contained”)
• Vakadinadina i Jiova (“Jehovah's Witnesses”)
• vakadinadina-i-koya (“haughty, self-deceiving”)
• vakadinadinataka (“to verify, to certify, to confirm”)
• vakadinata (“belief, faith”)
• vakaidina (“doubtless, truly, verily”)

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “dina”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, pages 66–7

French

Verb

dina

1. third-person singular past historic of diner

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English dinner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dí.nàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [dɪ́.nàː]

Noun

dinā̀ f (possessed form dinàr̃)

1. dinner party

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English thin, German dünn, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.na/

Adjective

dina

1. thin

Antonyms

• dika

Derived terms

• dineskar
• dineso

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: dì‧na

Noun

dina f (plural dine)

1. dyne

Anagrams

• Nadi

Javanese

Romanization

dina

1. romanization of ꦢꦶꦤ

Luba-Kasai

Noun

dina

1. name

Old Javanese

Other scripts
Kawi
Javanese	ꦢꦶꦤ
Balinese
Roman	dina

Alternative forms

• dintĕn

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दिन (dina, “a day”).

Noun

dina

1. day
2. daylight

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦢꦶꦤ (dina), ꦫꦶꦤ (rina), ꦢꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀ (dinten), ꦫꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀ (rinten)
• → Balinese: ᬤᬶᬦ (dina)

References

• "dina" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀤𑀺𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• दिन (Devanagari script)
• দিন (Bengali script)
• දින (Sinhalese script)
• ဒိန or ၻိၼ (Burmese script)
• ทิน or ทินะ (Thai script)
• ᨴᩥᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ທິນ or ທິນະ (Lao script)
• ទិន (Khmer script)
• 𑄘𑄨𑄚 (Chakma script)

Noun

dina n

1. day

Declension

Declension table of "dina" (neuter)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	dinaṃ	dināni
Accusative (second)	dinaṃ	dināni
Instrumental (third)	dinena	dinehi or dinebhi
Dative (fourth)	dinassa or dināya or dinatthaṃ	dinānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dinasmā or dinamhā or dinā	dinehi or dinebhi
Genitive (sixth)	dinassa	dinānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dinasmiṃ or dinamhi or dine	dinesu
Vocative (calling)	dina	dināni

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “dina”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Shangaan Tsonga dinà.

Noun

dina m (plural dinas)

1. (Mozambique) lunchtime, noon

References

• “dina”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

Further reading

• “dina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “dina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǐːna/
• Hyphenation: di‧na

Noun

dína f (Cyrillic spelling ди́на)

1. dune

Declension

Declension of dina

	singular	plural
nominative	dina	dine
genitive	dine	dina
dative	dini	dinama
accusative	dinu	dine
vocative	dino	dine
locative	dini	dinama
instrumental	dinom	dinama

Sidamo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdina/
• Hyphenation: di‧na

Verb

dina

1. (intransitive) to limp

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007), A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 30
• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “dina”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Siraya

Etymology

From Pre-Siraya *(ða-)ina, from Proto-Austronesian *ina.

Noun

dina

1. mother

References

• Li, Jen-Kuei (2010), “dina”, in 新港文書研究 [Studies of Sinkang Manuscripts] (in Chinese), Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdina/ [ˈd̪i.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: di‧na

Noun

dina f (plural dinas)

1. (physics) dyne

Adjective

dina f

1. feminine singular of dino

Further reading

• “dina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Sundanese

Preposition

dina (Sundanese spelling ᮓᮤᮔ)

1. at

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²diːna/

Pronoun

dina

1. plural of din

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person		nominative	oblique	possessive
					common	neuter	plural
singular	first	—	jag	mig, mej3	min	mitt	mina
	second	—	du	dig, dej3	din	ditt	dina
	third	masculine (person)	han	honom, han2, en5	hans
		feminine (person)	hon	henne, na5	hennes
		gender-neutral (person)1	hen	hen, henom7	hens
		common (noun)	den	den	dess
		neuter (noun)	det	det	dess
		indefinite	man or en4	en	ens
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina
plural	first	—	vi	oss	vår, våran2	vårt, vårat2	våra
	second	—	ni	er	er, eran2, ers6	ert, erat2	era
		archaic	I	eder	eder, eders6	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom3	dem, dom3	deras
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.

⁵Informal, somewhat dialectal

⁶Formal address

⁷Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Tsuut'ina

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *dəneˑ. Cognate with Navajo diné.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tina/

Noun

dīná

1. person

References

• Gūnáhà. Tsuut'ina Gunaha Institute. https://gunaha.altlab.app/

Upper Kuskokwim

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *dəneˑ

Noun

dina

1. person

References

• Chris M. Cannon (2021), Northern Dene Astronomical and Sky-related Knowledge: A Comparative Anthropological Study, Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Fairbanks, page 12

Zulu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

-dina

1. (transitive) to tire, to sicken, to be irksome to

Inflection

tone L (infinitive ukudina)

	positive	negative
infinitive	ukudina	ukungadini
imperative
	simple	+ object concord
singular	dina	-dine
plural	dinani	-dineni
present
	positive absolute	positive relative	positive participial	negative absolute	negative relative	negative participial
1st singular	ngiyadina, ngidina	engidinayo, engidina	ngidina	angidini	engingadini	ngingadini
2nd singular	uyadina, udina	odinayo, odina	udina	awudini	ongadini	ungadini
1st plural	siyadina, sidina	esidinayo, esidina	sidina	asidini	esingadini	singadini
2nd plural	niyadina, nidina	enidinayo, enidina	nidina	anidini	eningadini	ningadini
class 1	uyadina, udina	odinayo, odina	edina	akadini	ongadini	engadini
class 2	bayadina, badina	abadinayo, abadina	bedina	abadini	abangadini	bengadini
class 3	uyadina, udina	odinayo, odina	udina	awudini	ongadini	ungadini
class 4	iyadina, idina	edinayo, edina	idina	ayidini	engadini	ingadini
class 5	liyadina, lidina	elidinayo, elidina	lidina	alidini	elingadini	lingadini
class 6	ayadina, adina	adinayo, adina	edina	awadini	angadini	engadini
class 7	siyadina, sidina	esidinayo, esidina	sidina	asidini	esingadini	singadini
class 8	ziyadina, zidina	ezidinayo, ezidina	zidina	azidini	ezingadini	zingadini
class 9	iyadina, idina	edinayo, edina	idina	ayidini	engadini	ingadini
class 10	ziyadina, zidina	ezidinayo, ezidina	zidina	azidini	ezingadini	zingadini
class 11	luyadina, ludina	oludinayo, oludina	ludina	aludini	olungadini	lungadini
class 14	buyadina, budina	obudinayo, obudina	budina	abudini	obungadini	bungadini
class 15	kuyadina, kudina	okudinayo, okudina	kudina	akudini	okungadini	kungadini
class 17	kuyadina, kudina	okudinayo, okudina	kudina	akudini	okungadini	kungadini
recent past
	positive absolute	positive relative	positive participial	negative absolute	negative relative	negative participial
1st singular	ngidinile, ngidinē	engidinile, engidinē	ngidinile, ngidinē	angidinanga	engingadinanga	ngingadinanga
2nd singular	udinile, udinē	odinile, odinē	udinile, udinē	awudinanga	ongadinanga	ungadinanga
1st plural	sidinile, sidinē	esidinile, esidinē	sidinile, sidinē	asidinanga	esingadinanga	singadinanga
2nd plural	nidinile, nidinē	enidinile, enidinē	nidinile, nidinē	anidinanga	eningadinanga	ningadinanga
class 1	udinile, udinē	odinile, odinē	edinile, edinē	akadinanga	ongadinanga	engadinanga
class 2	badinile, badinē	abadinile, abadinē	bedinile, bedinē	abadinanga	abangadinanga	bengadinanga
class 3	udinile, udinē	odinile, odinē	udinile, udinē	awudinanga	ongadinanga	ungadinanga
class 4	idinile, idinē	edinile, edinē	idinile, idinē	ayidinanga	engadinanga	ingadinanga
class 5	lidinile, lidinē	elidinile, elidinē	lidinile, lidinē	alidinanga	elingadinanga	lingadinanga
class 6	adinile, adinē	adinile, adinē	edinile, edinē	awadinanga	angadinanga	engadinanga
class 7	sidinile, sidinē	esidinile, esidinē	sidinile, sidinē	asidinanga	esingadinanga	singadinanga
class 8	zidinile, zidinē	ezidinile, ezidinē	zidinile, zidinē	azidinanga	ezingadinanga	zingadinanga
class 9	idinile, idinē	edinile, edinē	idinile, idinē	ayidinanga	engadinanga	ingadinanga
class 10	zidinile, zidinē	ezidinile, ezidinē	zidinile, zidinē	azidinanga	ezingadinanga	zingadinanga
class 11	ludinile, ludinē	oludinile, oludinē	ludinile, ludinē	aludinanga	olungadinanga	lungadinanga
class 14	budinile, budinē	obudinile, obudinē	budinile, budinē	abudinanga	obungadinanga	bungadinanga
class 15	kudinile, kudinē	okudinile, okudinē	kudinile, kudinē	akudinanga	okungadinanga	kungadinanga
class 17	kudinile, kudinē	okudinile, okudinē	kudinile, kudinē	akudinanga	okungadinanga	kungadinanga
remote past
	positive absolute	positive relative	positive participial	negative absolute	negative relative	negative participial
1st singular	ngādina	engādina	ngādina	angidinanga	engingadinanga	ngingadinanga
2nd singular	wādina	owādina	wādina	awudinanga	ongadinanga	ungadinanga
1st plural	sādina	esādina	sādina	asidinanga	esingadinanga	singadinanga
2nd plural	nādina	enādina	nādina	anidinanga	eningadinanga	ningadinanga
class 1	wādina	owādina	ādina	akadinanga	ongadinanga	engadinanga
class 2	bādina	abādina	bādina	abadinanga	abangadinanga	bengadinanga
class 3	wādina	owādina	wādina	awudinanga	ongadinanga	ungadinanga
class 4	yādina	eyādina	yādina	ayidinanga	engadinanga	ingadinanga
class 5	lādina	elādina	lādina	alidinanga	elingadinanga	lingadinanga
class 6	ādina	ādina	ādina	awadinanga	angadinanga	engadinanga
class 7	sādina	esādina	sādina	asidinanga	esingadinanga	singadinanga
class 8	zādina	ezādina	zādina	azidinanga	ezingadinanga	zingadinanga
class 9	yādina	eyādina	yādina	ayidinanga	engadinanga	ingadinanga
class 10	zādina	ezādina	zādina	azidinanga	ezingadinanga	zingadinanga
class 11	lwādina	olwādina	lwādina	aludinanga	olungadinanga	lungadinanga
class 14	bādina	obādina	bādina	abudinanga	obungadinanga	bungadinanga
class 15	kwādina	okwādina	kwādina	akudinanga	okungadinanga	kungadinanga
class 17	kwādina	okwādina	kwādina	akudinanga	okungadinanga	kungadinanga
potential
	positive absolute	positive relative	positive participial	negative absolute	negative relative	negative participial
1st singular	ngingadina	—	ngingadina	ngingedine	—	ngingedine
2nd singular	ungadina	—	ungadina	ungedine	—	ungedine
1st plural	singadina	—	singadina	singedine	—	singedine
2nd plural	ningadina	—	ningadina	ningedine	—	ningedine
class 1	angadina	—	engadina	angedine	—	engedine
class 2	bangadina	—	bengadina	bangedine	—	bengedine
class 3	ungadina	—	ungadina	ungedine	—	ungedine
class 4	ingadina	—	ingadina	ingedine	—	ingedine
class 5	lingadina	—	lingadina	lingedine	—	lingedine
class 6	angadina	—	engadina	angedine	—	engedine
class 7	singadina	—	singadina	singedine	—	singedine
class 8	zingadina	—	zingadina	zingedine	—	zingedine
class 9	ingadina	—	ingadina	ingedine	—	ingedine
class 10	zingadina	—	zingadina	zingedine	—	zingedine
class 11	lungadina	—	lungadina	lungedine	—	lungedine
class 14	bungadina	—	bungadina	bungedine	—	bungedine
class 15	kungadina	—	kungadina	kungedine	—	kungedine
class 17	kungadina	—	kungadina	kungedine	—	kungedine
immediate future
	positive absolute	positive relative	positive participial	negative absolute	negative relative	negative participial
1st singular	ngizodina	engizodina	ngizodina	angizudina	engingezudina	ngingezudina
2nd singular	uzodina	ozodina	uzodina	awuzudina	ongezudina	ungezudina
1st plural	sizodina	esizodina	sizodina	asizudina	esingezudina	singezudina
2nd plural	nizodina	enizodina	nizodina	anizudina	eningezudina	ningezudina
class 1	uzodina	ozodina	ezodina	akazudina	ongezudina	engezudina
class 2	bazodina	abazodina	bezodina	abazudina	abangezudina	bengezudina
class 3	uzodina	ozodina	uzodina	awuzudina	ongezudina	ungezudina
class 4	izodina	ezodina	izodina	ayizudina	engezudina	ingezudina
class 5	lizodina	elizodina	lizodina	alizudina	elingezudina	lingezudina
class 6	azodina	azodina	ezodina	awazudina	angezudina	engezudina
class 7	sizodina	esizodina	sizodina	asizudina	esingezudina	singezudina
class 8	zizodina	ezizodina	zizodina	azizudina	ezingezudina	zingezudina
class 9	izodina	ezodina	izodina	ayizudina	engezudina	ingezudina
class 10	zizodina	ezizodina	zizodina	azizudina	ezingezudina	zingezudina
class 11	luzodina	oluzodina	luzodina	aluzudina	olungezudina	lungezudina
class 14	buzodina	obuzodina	buzodina	abuzudina	obungezudina	bungezudina
class 15	kuzodina	okuzodina	kuzodina	akuzudina	okungezudina	kungezudina
class 17	kuzodina	okuzodina	kuzodina	akuzudina	okungezudina	kungezudina
remote future
	positive absolute	positive relative	positive participial	negative absolute	negative relative	negative participial
1st singular	ngiyodina	engiyodina	ngiyodina	angiyudina	engingeyudina	ngingeyudina
2nd singular	uyodina	oyodina	uyodina	awuyudina	ongeyudina	ungeyudina
1st plural	siyodina	esiyodina	siyodina	asiyudina	esingeyudina	singeyudina
2nd plural	niyodina	eniyodina	niyodina	aniyudina	eningeyudina	ningeyudina
class 1	uyodina	oyodina	eyodina	akayudina	ongeyudina	engeyudina
class 2	bayodina	abayodina	beyodina	abayudina	abangeyudina	bengeyudina
class 3	uyodina	oyodina	uyodina	awuyudina	ongeyudina	ungeyudina
class 4	iyodina	eyodina	iyodina	ayiyudina	engeyudina	ingeyudina
class 5	liyodina	eliyodina	liyodina	aliyudina	elingeyudina	lingeyudina
class 6	ayodina	ayodina	eyodina	awayudina	angeyudina	engeyudina
class 7	siyodina	esiyodina	siyodina	asiyudina	esingeyudina	singeyudina
class 8	ziyodina	eziyodina	ziyodina	aziyudina	ezingeyudina	zingeyudina
class 9	iyodina	eyodina	iyodina	ayiyudina	engeyudina	ingeyudina
class 10	ziyodina	eziyodina	ziyodina	aziyudina	ezingeyudina	zingeyudina
class 11	luyodina	oluyodina	luyodina	aluyudina	olungeyudina	lungeyudina
class 14	buyodina	obuyodina	buyodina	abuyudina	obungeyudina	bungeyudina
class 15	kuyodina	okuyodina	kuyodina	akuyudina	okungeyudina	kungeyudina
class 17	kuyodina	okuyodina	kuyodina	akuyudina	okungeyudina	kungeyudina
present subjunctive
	positive	negative
1st singular	ngidine	ngingadini
2nd singular	udine	ungadini
1st plural	sidine	singadini
2nd plural	nidine	ningadini
class 1	adine	angadini
class 2	badine	bangadini
class 3	udine	ungadini
class 4	idine	ingadini
class 5	lidine	lingadini
class 6	adine	angadini
class 7	sidine	singadini
class 8	zidine	zingadini
class 9	idine	ingadini
class 10	zidine	zingadini
class 11	ludine	lungadini
class 14	budine	bungadini
class 15	kudine	kungadini
class 17	kudine	kungadini
past subjunctive
	positive	negative
1st singular	ngadina	ngangadina, angadina, angangadina
2nd singular	wadina	wangadina, awadina, awangadina
1st plural	sadina	sangadina, asadina, asangadina
2nd plural	nadina	nangadina, anadina, anangadina
class 1	wadina	wangadina, akadina, akangadina
class 2	badina	bangadina, abadina, abangadina
class 3	wadina	wangadina, awadina, awangadina
class 4	yadina	yangadina, ayadina, ayangadina
class 5	ladina	langadina, aladina, alangadina
class 6	adina	angadina, awadina, awangadina
class 7	sadina	sangadina, asadina, asangadina
class 8	zadina	zangadina, azadina, azangadina
class 9	yadina	yangadina, ayadina, ayangadina
class 10	zadina	zangadina, azadina, azangadina
class 11	lwadina	lwangadina, alwadina, alwangadina
class 14	badina	bangadina, abadina, abangadina
class 15	kwadina	kwangadina, akwadina, akwangadina
class 17	kwadina	kwangadina, akwadina, akwangadina

Derived terms

• -dinisa
• -dinwa

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “dina”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “dina (6.3)”