Where does “dindaş” come from?

dindaş (Azerbaijani) comes from Azerbaijani din, from Arabic دِين, from Pahlavi dēn, from Old Persian *dainah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰayHanā-.

dindaş (Azerbaijani): co-believer

Definitions

  1. co-believer

Ancestry of “dindaş”, step by step

dindaş traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Azerbaijani din

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijanidinreligion
2Arabicدِينjudgement; religion; faith
3Pahlavidēn—
4Old Persian*dainah—
5Proto-Indo-IraniandʰayHanā-—

via Azerbaijani daş

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijanidaşstone; piece
2Proto-Turkic*tiāĺ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰayHanā- →Every word from Old Persian *dainah →Every word from Pahlavi dēn →