Where does “ديانة” come from?
ديانة (Arabic) comes from Arabic دِين, from Pahlavi dēn, from Old Persian *dainah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰayHanā-.
ديانة (Arabic): religion, confession, denomination, sect
Definitions
- religion, confession, denomination, sect
Ancestry of “ديانة”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | دِين | judgement; religion; faith |
| 2 | Pahlavi | dēn | — |
| 3 | Old Persian | *dainah | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dʰayHanā- | — |