Aramaic

Adverb

דין • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. yet

Conjunction

דין • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. yet, but, however

Usage notes

דין is a post-positive word, i.e. it is never the first word in a sentence.

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Cognate with Arabic دِين ‎(dīn), Aramaic דִּינָא ‎(dīnā), Amharic ዳኘ ‎(dañä) and Ugaritic 𐎄𐎊𐎐 ‎(dyn).

Noun

דִּין • ‎(din) m ‎(plural indefinite דִּינִים, singular construct דִּין־, plural construct דִּינֵי־)

1. law (written or understood rule)
2. logical argument

Derived terms

• בית דין

Noun

דַּיָּן • ‎(dayán) m

1. Defective spelling of דיין.

Proper noun

דִּין • ‎(din) m

1. A male given name, Dean.

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowing from Hebrew דִּין ‎(din).

Noun

דין m ‎(Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling din)

1. religious law

Yiddish

Etymology 1

From Old High German dunni, from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz.

Adjective

דין • ‎(din)

1. thin (having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite)

Antonyms

• דיק ‎(dik)

Declension

Etymology 2

From Hebrew דִּין ‎(din).

Noun

דין • ‎(din) m, plural דינים ‎(dinem)

1. religious law

Derived terms

• בית־דין ‎(beyz-din)

Related terms

• דיין ‎(dayen)