Where does “دین” come from?
دین (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic دِين, from Pahlavi dēn, from Old Persian *dainah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰayHanā-.
دین (Ottoman Turkish): religion; debt
Ancestry of “دین”, 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- | — |