dini

See also: Dini, diní, dinî, and díní-

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		дини
Abjad		دینی

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic دِينِيّ (dīniyy). By surface analysis, din +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

dini (comparative daha dini, superlative ən dini)

1. religious

Etymology 2

Noun

dini

1. definite accusative singular of din

Catalan

Verb

dini

1. inflection of dinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Higaonon

Adverb

dini

1. here

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [di.ni]
• Hyphenation: di‧ni
• Rhymes: -ni

Adverb

dini

1. (interrogative) where

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdini/ [ˈdi.ni]
• Rhymes: -ini
• Syllabification: di‧ni

Etymology 1

Back-formation from dini hari (“early day”), from earlier dina hari, from Javanese ꦢꦶꦤ (dina, “day”), from Old Javanese dina (“day”), from Sanskrit दिन (dina, “a day”).

Noun

dini (comparative lebih dini, superlative paling dini)

1. early day
2. early

Derived terms

• dini hari
• sedini-dininya

Etymology 2

From Arabic دِينِيّ (dīniyy, “religious”).

Adjective

dini (comparative lebih dini, superlative paling dini)

1. religious

   Synonym: religius

Related terms

• din

Further reading

• “dini” 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.

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Sundanese dini, dinih, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *di-ni (“here”). Compare Tagalog dini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dini/

Adverb

dini

1. (dialectal, Baduy) here

   Synonym: dieu

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِين (dīn).

Pronunciation

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Noun

dini class IX (plural dini class X)

1. religion

Derived terms

• kidini (“religious”)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• dine
• rini, rine

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *di-ni (“here”). The latter half of the word is possibly related to iri/ire/idi. See also ganiri and other Tagalog demonstrative pronouns. Meanwhile, the former half is possibly related to Malay di and Indonesian di as a likely cognate. Compare Cebuano dinhi, Tausug dī, and Malay sini.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdini/ [ˈd̪iː.n̪ɪ], (colloquial) /ˈdine/ [ˈd̪iː.n̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ini
• Syllabification: di‧ni

Adverb

dini (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜈᜒ) (dialectal)

1. here (near the speaker)

   Synonym: dito

Usage notes

• Used in most dialects except standard or Manila Tagalog.
• When the preceding word ends with a vowel, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩, rini is used instead.

Derived terms

• dumini
• garini
• nandini
• narini
• naririni
• pagparini
• parika
• parini
• pumarini

See also

Tagalog demonstrative pronouns

	Direct (ang)	Indirect (ng)	Oblique (sa)	Locative (nasa)	Existential	Manner (gaya ng)
Near speaker*	ari/are, iri/ire/idi, yari**	nari/nare, niri/nire/nidi, niyari†	dini/dine	nandini, narini, nairi/naidi, naari	ere/eri, here/heri, ayri	ganari, ganiri, garini(garni), gayari†
Near speaker and listener*	ito	nito	dito	nandito, narito, naito**	heto, eto, ayto†	ganito, garito(garto)**
Near listener	iyan, yaan	niyan	diyan/diyaan	nandiyan/nandiyaan, nariyan(naryan), nayan/nayaan**, naiyan‡	hayan, ayan	ganiyan(ganyan), gay-an**, gariyan**
Remote	iyon, yoon, yaon†	niyon, noon, niyaon†	doon	nandoon, naron/naroon**, nayon/nayoon**, nayaon‡	hayon/hayun, ayon/ayun	ganoon, gayon, gay-on, gayoon‡,garoon‡
*These two series have merged in modern Tagalog. The first row is used in some dialects, the second row is used anywhere else. **These pronouns are used in some dialects. †These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature. ‡Rare in text.

Further reading

• “dini”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*-ni”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• diin

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [diːni]
• Hyphenation: di‧ni

Adjective

dīnī

1. Misspelling of dinî (“religious”)

Noun

dīni

1. accusative singular of din
2. third-person singular possessive of din

Turkmen

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِينِيّ (dīniyy). By surface analysis, din +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: di‧ni

Adjective

dini (comparative ?, superlative iň dini)

1. religious

Further reading

• “dini” in Enedilim.com
• “dini” in Webonary.org

Western Bukidnon Manobo

Adverb

dini

1. here