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دين

دين

See also: دین

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪iːn/

Noun

دِين (dīn) m

  1. (verbal noun) conformism, conformance, conformity, God-fearingness, godliness, religiosity, devoutness, fealty, obedience
Declension

Noun

دِين (dīn) m (plural أَدْيَان (ʾadyān))

  1. religion, creed, credo, faith, conviction, belief, tenet, rite
Declension
Related terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Adjective

دَيِّن (dayyin)

  1. religious, pious, godly, God-fearing, devout
Declension

Etymology 3

Causative of the verb دَانَ (dāna, to be a debtor).

Verb

دَيَّنَ (dayyana) II, non-past يُدَيِّنُ‎ (yudayyinu)

  1. to loan, to lend, to advance
Conjugation
Related terms
  • إِدَانَة (ʾidāna)
  • اِسْتِدَانَة (istidāna)
  • دَائِن (dāʾin)
  • دَيْنُونَة (daynūna)
  • مُدَان (mudān)
  • مَدِين (madīn)
  • مُدِين (mudīn)
  • مَدِينَة (madīna)
  • مَدْيُون (madyūn)
  • مَدْيُونِيَّة (madyūniyya, indebtedness)

Etymology 4

Noun

دِين (dīn) m

  1. (verbal noun) borrowing, indebtedness, owing
  2. (verbal noun) debt, debit
Declension

Etymology 5

Noun

دَيْن (dayn) m (plural دُيُون (duyūn) or أَدْيُن (ʾadyun) or دِينَة (dīna))

  1. verbal noun of دَانَ (dāna) (form I)
  2. debt, debit
  3. liability, pecuniary obligation
  4. obligation
  5. claim, financial claim
Declension
References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), دين”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 6

Verb

دِينَ (dīna) (form I)

  1. third-person masculine singular past passive of دَانَ (dāna)