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

  1. religion, confession, denomination, sect

Ancestry of “ديانة”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicدِينjudgement; religion; faith
2Pahlavidēn—
3Old Persian*dainah—
4Proto-Indo-IraniandʰayHanā-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰayHanā- →Every word from Old Persian *dainah →Every word from Pahlavi dēn →