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From the root ध्यै(dhyai, “to contemplate, meditate, think of”); see there for more. Compare Persianدین(din, “religion”), Parthian𐫅𐫏𐫗(dyn, “religion”), Avestan𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬁(daēnā, “religion, vision”).
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 777-778; 798
Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 48-50