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Hebrew
Etymology
Cognate with Arabic دَيَّان (dayyān), Aramaic דַּיָּנָא (dayyānā).
Noun
דיין / דַּיָּן • (dayán) m (plural indefinite דיינים / דַּיָּנִים, singular construct דיין / דַּיַּן־, plural construct דייני / דַּיָּנֵי־)
- judge, jurist
Derived terms
Yiddish
Etymology 1
From Hebrew דַּיָּן.
Pronunciation
Noun
דיין • (dayen) m, plural דיינים (dayonem)
- religious judge
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Determiner
דיין • (dayn)
- (nonstandard) Unpointed form of דײַן (dayn).