Where does “ديني” come from?
ديني (Arabic) comes from Arabic دِين, from Pahlavi dēn, from Old Persian *dainah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰayHanā-.
ديني (Arabic): religious, related to religion; second-person...
Definitions
- religious, related to religion; second-person...
Ancestry of “ديني”, step by step
ديني traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Arabic دِين
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | دِين | judgement; religion; faith |
| 2 | Pahlavi | dēn | — |
| 3 | Old Persian | *dainah | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dʰayHanā- | — |
via Arabic ـِيّ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | ـِيّ | {{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and... |