Where does “din” come from?

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

din (Turkish): System of beliefs dealing with soul, deity or...

Definitions

  1. System of beliefs dealing with soul, deity or...

Ancestry of “din”, step by step

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

Words derived from “din”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰayHanā- →Every word from Old Persian *dainah →Every word from Pahlavi dēn →