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Burushaski
Etymology
From Urdu دین (dīn), from Classical Persian دین (dīn), from Middle Persian (dyn' /dēn/), from Old Persian or Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬁 (daēnā, “religion, vision”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰayHanā- (compare Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna)).
Noun
دݶن (díin)
- religion
díin-e isláam- the religion of Islam
References
- Hermann Berger, Die Burushaski-Sprache von Hunza und Nager (ISBN: 978-3447039611), volume 1