dini

See also: Dini, diní, dinî, and díní-

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		дини
Arabic		دینی

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Arabic دِين (dīn)

Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Semitic

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)

Arabic دِينِيّ (dīniyy)bor.

Azerbaijani dini

Borrowed from Arabic دِينِيّ (dīniyy). By surface analysis, din + -i.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

dini (comparative daha dini, superlative ən dini)

1. religious

Etymology 2

Noun

dini

1. definite accusative singular of din

Catalan

Verb

dini

1. inflection of dinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Higaonon

Adverb

dini

1. here

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [di.ni]
• Hyphenation: di‧ni
• Rhymes: -ni

Adverb

dini

1. (interrogative) where

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdini/ [ˈdi.ni]
• Rhymes: -ini
• Syllabification: di‧ni

Etymology 1

Back-formation from dini hari (“early day”), from earlier dina hari, from Javanese ꦢꦶꦤ (dina, “day”), from Old Javanese dina (“day”), from Sanskrit दिन (dina, “a day”).

Noun

dini (comparative lebih dini, superlative paling dini)

1. early

   pernikahan dini ― early-age marriage

2. (less common) early day

Derived terms

• dini hari
• sedini-dininya

Etymology 2

From Arabic دِينِيّ (dīniyy, “religious”).

Adjective

dini (comparative lebih dini, superlative paling dini)

1. religious

   Synonyms: diniah, religius

Related terms

• din

Further reading

• “dini”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Lapuyan Subanun

Alternative forms

• rini

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dini/

Adverb

dini

1. here

See also

• ditu' (“there”)

References

• Jason William Lobel; William C. Hall (December 2010), “Southern Subanen Aspiration”, in Oceanic Linguistics‎^[1], volume 49, number 2, University of Hawai'i Press, →ISSN, page 326

Lower Tanana

Verb

dini

1. second-person singular imperfective of di

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Sundanese dini, dinih, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *di-ni (“here”). Compare Tagalog dini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dini/

Adverb

dini (Sundanese spelling ᮓᮤᮔᮤ)

1. (dialectal, Baduy) here

   Synonym: dieu

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِين (dīn).

Pronunciation

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Noun

dini class IX (plural dini class X)

1. religion

Derived terms

• kidini (“religious”)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• dine
• rini, rine

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *di

Proto-Austronesian *-ni

Proto-Austronesian *di-ni

Tagalog dini

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *di-ni (“here”).

The former half is related to Malay di. Compare Cebuano dinhi and Tausug dī. Meanwhile, the latter half of the word is possibly related to iri (“this”). See also ganiri and other Tagalog demonstrative pronouns.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdini/ [ˈd̪iː.n̪ɪ], (colloquial) /ˈdine/ [ˈd̪iː.n̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ini
• Syllabification: di‧ni

Adverb

dini (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜈᜒ) (dialectal)

1. here (near the speaker)

   Synonym: dito

Usage notes

• Used in most dialects except standard or Manila Tagalog.
• When the preceding word ends with a vowel, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩, rini is used instead.

Derived terms

• dumini
• garini
• nandini
• narini
• naririni
• pagparini
• parika
• parini
• pumarini

See also

Tagalog demonstrative pronouns

	Direct (ang)	Indirect (ng)	Oblique (sa)	Locative (nasa)	Existential	Manner (gaya ng)
Near speaker*	ari iri yari**	nari niri niyari†	dini	narini nandini nairi naari	heri eri ayri	ganari ganiri garini garni gayari†
Near speaker and listener*	ito	nito	dito	narito nandito naito**	heto eto ayto†	ganito garito(garto)**
Near listener	iyan yaan	niyan	diyan diyaan	nandiyan nandiyaan nariyan(naryan) nayan/nayaan** naiyan‡	hayan ayan	ganiyan(ganyan) gay-an** gariyan**
Remote	iyon yoon yaon†	niyon noon niyaon†	doon	naroon nandoon nayon/nayoon** nayaon‡	hayon ayon	ganoon gayon gay-on** gayoon‡ garoon‡
*These two series have merged in modern Tagalog. The first row is used in some dialects, the second row is used anywhere else. **These pronouns are used in some dialects. †These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature. ‡Rare in text.

Further reading

• “dini”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*-ni”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• diin

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [diːni]
• Hyphenation: di‧ni

Adjective

dīnī

1. misspelling of dinî (“religious”)

Noun

dīni

1. accusative singular of din
2. third-person singular possessive of din

Turkmen

Other scripts
Latin	dini
Cyrillic	дини
Arabic	دینی

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِينِيّ (dīniyy). By surface analysis, din +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: di‧ni

Adjective

dini (comparative diniräk, superlative iň dini)

1. religious

Further reading

• “dini” in Enedilim.com
• “dini” in Webonary.org

Western Bukidnon Manobo

Adverb

dini

1. here