Where does “din” come from?
din (Indonesian) comes from Malay din, from Arabic دِين, from Pahlavi dēn, from Old Persian *dainah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰayHanā-.
din (Indonesian): religion
Ancestry of “din”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | din | religion |
| 2 | Arabic | دِين | judgement; religion; faith |
| 3 | Pahlavi | dēn | — |
| 4 | Old Persian | *dainah | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dʰayHanā- | — |