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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic دِين (dīn).
Noun
deen (uncountable)
- (Islam) religion; religiosity; the way of life of a pious Muslim
- 2014, CHANEL, Purple Ink Presents Savage Sisters by Chanel, iUniverse →ISBN
- Sterling was Muslim, and although he wasn't on his deen, Shanice and Shakira felt that he should have had a Janazah.
- 2016, Skepta, Shutdown, on Konnichiwa
- You say you're Muslim, you say you're Rasta / Say you don't eat pork, don't eat pussy / Liar, you're just an actor / Blud, you're not on your deen
Translations
(Islam) religion; religiosity; the way of life of a pious Muslim
Anagrams
Basque
Noun
deen
- genitive plural of de
Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
deen
- genitive singular of dee
Anagrams
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German then, den, from Proto-Germanic *þanōn, by analogy with the adjective inflection.
Pronunciation
Determiner
deen m (unstressed den)
- the (definite article)
- that (demonstrative)
Usage notes
The stressed form of the definite article is used when emphasis is placed on the word ("that" as opposed to merely "the") and when it is used before an adjective.
Declension
Middle English
Noun
deen
- Alternative form of den (“dean”)
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English don (“to put”), from Old English dōn, from Proto-West Germanic *dōn.
Pronunciation
Verb
deen
- to dress
- Synonyms: don, dieeght
1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:Deen theezil.- Dress thyself.
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 33