din
Pronunciations
din | (DEEN) | listen |
Definitions
n. "Religious regulation." (Glinert)
Example Sentences
"You don't learn the dinim of mourning until you have to." (Glinert)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
TH דין. (pl. דינים diním) 'law, judgement' > Yid. דין. (pl. דינים dínim) 'religious regulation'
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
- Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
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Alternative Spellings
dinim, deen, deeneem, deenim
Notes
Plural is dinim
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