דין

Aramaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέ (dé).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dejn/

Adverb

דין • (transliteration needed)

1. yet

Conjunction

דין • (transliteration needed)

1. yet, but, however

Usage notes

דין is a post-positive word, i.e. it is never the first word in a sentence.

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Cognate with Arabic دِين (dīn), Aramaic דִּינָא (dīnā), Amharic ዳኘ (dañä) and Ugaritic 𐎄𐎊𐎐 (dyn).

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /diːn/

Noun

דִּין • (din) m (plural indefinite דִּינִים, singular construct דִּין־, plural construct דִּינֵי־)

1. judgement; law (a written or understood rule)
2. logical argument

Derived terms

• אין דין ואין דיין / אֵין דִּין וְאֵין דַּיָּן ('éin dín v'éin dayán)
• בית דין
• בַּעַל דִּין (ba'al dín)
• דִּין וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן (din v'kheshbón)
• יוֹם הַדִּין (yom hadin)
• עוֹרֵך דִּין (orékh din, “attorney”)
• עֲרִיכַת דִין (arikhát dín)
• שׁוּרַת הַדִּין (shurát hadín)

References

• H1779 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Noun

דַּיָּן • (dayán) m

1. defective spelling of דיין.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

דִּין • (din) m

1. a male given name, Dean

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew דִּין (din).

Noun

דין m (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling din)

1. religious law

Persian

Noun

דין • (din)

1. Judeo-Persian spelling of دین (din).
   • 1600s, Elisha ben Shmūel, translated by Dalia Yasharpour, The Prince and the Sufi: The Judeo-Persian Rendition of the Buddha Biographies, Brill, published November 9, 2020:

     המישה פיירוו תורה ודין באש
     דגר הם צחבת אהל יקין באש

     hamiše peyrow-e torâ o din bâš
     degar ham sohbat-e ahl-e yaqin bâš

     Always pursue the Torah and religion;
     Converse with those who know the Truth.

Yiddish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪn/

Etymology 1

From Old High German dunni, from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz.

Adjective

דין • (din)

1. thin (having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite)

Declension

Antonyms

• דיק (dik)

Etymology 2

From Hebrew דִּין (din).

Noun

דין • (din) m, plural דינים (dinem)

1. religious law

Derived terms

• בית־דין (beyz-din)

Related terms

• דיין (dayen)