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Translingual
Symbol
hin
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Hindi.
English
Etymology
Noun
hin (plural hins)
- (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L).
- 1973, Bible (New International Version), Exodus 30:24:
- 500 shekels of cassia — all according to the sanctuary shekel — and a hin of olive oil.
- (historical units of measure) An Ancient Egyptian liquid measure of volume (about 0.48 L).
1997, Helaine Selin, Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Westen Cultures:The hin for liquids was subdivided dimidially down to 1⁄32 = 1 ro.
Meronyms
Translations
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Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse hinn. The other Germanic languages have a similar, but phonologically distinct pronoun in the same function: Proto-Germanic *jainaz, cf. Old English ġeon, Old High German jēner, and Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (jains).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
hin c (neuter hint, plural hine)
- (archaic) that (distant in space or time)
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse hinn.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
hin m or f (demonstrative)
- the other, that, the
Article
hin m or f (definite)
- the
Declension
French
Etymology
Expressive; possibly has roots in various ancient interjections, e.g. Latin hem (“eh?, oh!”), hui (“ho!, ooh!”)
Pronunciation
Interjection
hin
- (onomatopoeia, colloquial) heh, ooh, hehe!
Garifuna
Pronunciation
Noun
hin
- fruit
Inflection
Possessives of hin
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singular
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plural
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first
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nin
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win
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second
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bin
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hin
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third
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masculine
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feminine
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hin
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lin
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tin
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German
Etymology
From Old High German hina; compare English hence.
Pronunciation
Adverb
hin
- Used to denote direction away from the speaker.
1912, Luther, John: 13:36 in the Bible]:w:Book of John XIII. 36. Spricht Simon Petrus zu ihm: HERR, wo gehst du hin? Jesus antwortete ihm: Wo ich hin gehe, kannst du mir diesmal nicht folgen; aber du wirst mir nachmals folgen- Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.
Adjective
hin (indeclinable, predicative only)
- (colloquial) having taken its course, situated, left
- Synonym: hingegangen
- Ich werde nachsehen, wo die Pakete hin sind. ― I'll check where the packages went.
- (colloquial) on the fritz, bruck, out of order
- Synonyms: hinüber, kaputt
- (colloquial) exhausted, depleted
- (colloquial) captivated, fully on wass
- Synonyms: (all also formal) hingerissen, hin und weg, hinüber
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “hin” in Duden online
- “hin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Icelandic
Pronoun
hin (demonstrative)
- that (female)
Declension
Article
hin (f)
- the (definite article)
Declension
Japanese
Romanization
hin
- Rōmaji transcription of ひん
Kankanaey
Pronunciation
- (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ˈhin/
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: hin
Article
hin
- Pronunciation variant of sin.
Middle English
Pronoun
hin
- Alternative form of hine
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse hinn.
Pronunciation
Determiner
hin m (feminine hi, neuter hitt, plural hine)
- the other
Me skal til hi sida av fjorden.- We are going to the other side of the fjord.
References
- “hin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Pronoun
hin
- inflection of hinn:
- feminine singular nominative
- neuter plural nominative/accusative
Declension
Article
hin
- inflection of hinn:
- feminine singular nominative
- neuter plural nominative/accusative
Declension
Spanish
Interjection
hin
- neigh (horse sound)
Further reading
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse hinn.
The noun, a noa-name, might have been formed by ellipsis of phrases such as hin håle and hin onde.
Pronoun
hin
- (demonstrative, obsolete) other, the other one; that
Derived terms
Article
hin
- (obsolete except in set phrases, before an adjective) the (definite article)
- hin håken (“the devil”) (a euphemism for hin håle)
- hin håle (“the devil”) (literally, “the hard one”)
- hin onde (“the devil”) (literally, “the evil one”)
Noun
hin c
- (euphemistic) the devil
- Synonyms: den lede, den onde, hin håle, hin onde, skam
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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Adjective
hin
- (of a nose) narrow
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Anagrams
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *hin, from Proto-Celtic *sīnā.
Pronunciation
Noun
hin f (plural hinoedd, not mutable)
- (dated) weather
- Synonym: tywydd
Derived terms
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
West Frisian
Etymology
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Noun
hin c (plural hinnen, diminutive hintsje)
- hen
- chicken meat
Further reading
- “hin (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Yola
Noun
hin
- Alternative form of hen
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 46