hain

English

Alternative forms

• hane

Etymology

From earlier hayne, from Middle English *haynen, *heynen, from Old Norse hegna (“to protect; defend”), from Proto-Germanic *haginjaną (“to hedge”), equivalent to hedge +‎ -en. Cognate with Icelandic hegna (“to fence; confine; punish”), Swedish hägna (“to fence off; enclose; protect”), Danish hegne (“to enclose; fence in”). Related to hedge.

The noun is from Middle English heyn.

Verb

hain (third-person singular simple present hains, present participle haining, simple past and past participle hained)

1. (transitive, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To hedge or fence in; inclose; protect by hedging
2. (transitive, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To save; spare; refrain from using or spending
3. (intransitive, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To be thrifty; be economical

Noun

hain (plural hains)

1. (obsolete or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) An enclosure; a park

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

• haen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaʔin/,
• Hyphenation: ha‧in

Adverb

háin (plural harain, Basahan spelling ᜑᜁᜈ᜔)

1. (interrogative, locative) where

   Synonym: nasain

   Hain an (saimong) bado (mo)?

   Where are your clothes?

   Dai ko aram kun hain na siya.

   I don't know where s/he is.

Related terms

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic خَائِن (ḵāʔin).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ha‧in

Noun

hain

1. traitor, betrayer

   Synonyms: hiyanetkâr, satqın, hiyanet

Declension

Derived terms

References

• “hain”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Finnish

Etymology 1

Verb

hain

1. first-person singular past indicative of hakea

Etymology 2

Noun

hain

1. inflection of hai:
   1. genitive singular
   2. instructive plural

Anagrams

• Inha, hina, ihan, inha

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خائن (hain, “perfidious”), from Arabic خَائِن (ḵāʔin).

Adjective

hain m or n (feminine singular haină, masculine plural haini, feminine and neuter plural haine)

1. evil, ruthless, cruel

Declension

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heːn/

Verb

hain (third-person singular simple present hains, present participle hainin, simple past haint, past participle haint)

1. To enclose an area with a fence or hedge
2. To spare; to protect from harm
3. To save up

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• hayin
• ahin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaʔin/,
• Hyphenation: ha‧in

Noun

hain (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜁᜈ᜔)

1. setting up of meals (on the dining table)

   Synonym: paghahain

2. food set up (on the dining table)
3. act of offering as a sacrifice
4. sacrifice; offering

   Synonyms: sakripisyo, alay, handog

5. (law) return of a plea

Derived terms

Turkish

Alternative forms

• hayın

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish خائن (ha'in, hayın), from Arabic خَائِن (ḵāʔin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ha‧in

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Adjective

hain

1. perfidious

Noun

hain (definite accusative haini, plural hainler)

1. traitor, betrayer, ratter

Declension

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خائن”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 828

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *haina.

Noun

hain (genitive haina, partitive haina)

1. hay
2. weed, grass

Declension

Wauja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haĩ/

Interjection

hain

1. huh, what (used in response asking for something to be repeated)

   Hain? Katsa pumawi?

   Huh? What did you say?

2. yes, uh-huh (used in response to being addressed)

   Mama? Hain?

   Q: Mother? A: Yes?

3. hmm, really, you don't say, is that so, what (used in noncommital response to a statement, or to express interest, attentiveness, or amazement)

   Aitsa kala hoona uma ou. Hain...

   absolutely refused . Really...

   Umejo iyawi, iya kwakwoho onakuwi. Punupa kali, yuutapai ninyu wi? uma pa kai.... Ehn, ninyu apakatapai yiuwi. Nejo kala awatanatapai yeyawa han... Aitsa yuutapai hyan? uma. Hain? Nejokuma kalano? umakonapai ipitsi.

   Her husband went, went into the men's house. "Now see here, do you all know about my wife ?" he surely did say.... "Well, my wife is causing to sing. She's the very one who has been playing the flute in the middle of the night.... So you all didn't even know about this?" he said. "What? Could she possibly have been the one ?" they all said about it.

References

• "Umejo iyawi" uttered by Itsautaku, storyteller and elder, recounting the traditional Wauja tale of the "Man Who Drowned in Honey," in the presence of his adolescent son Mayuri, adult daughter Mukura, and others. Recorded in Piyulaga village by E. Ireland, December 1989, transcript p. 5. In this short excerpt, a bold young woman (who has disguised herself as a man) has committed a grave sacrilege, since the mere sight of the flutes is forbidden to women, with severe penalties for infraction. Upon discovering that she has been out playing the flutes all night, her jealous husband publicly exposes her deception, and demands that she be punished.
• Other utterances from E. Ireland field notes. Need to be checked by native speaker.