# dini
## Azerbaijani
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic دِينِيّ (dīniyy). By surface analysis, din +‎ -i.

#### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

#### Adjective

dini (comparative daha dini, superlative ən dini)
* religious

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

dini
* definite accusative singular of din

## Catalan
### Verb

dini
* inflection of dinar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Higaonon
### Adverb

dini
* here

## Iban
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [di.ni]
* Hyphenation: di‧ni
* Rhymes: -ni

### Adverb

dini
* (interrogative) where

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈdini/ [ˈdi.ni]
* Rhymes: -ini
* Syllabification: di‧ni

### Etymology 1

Back-formation of dini hari (“early day”), from earlier dina hari, from Javanese ꦢꦶꦤ (dina, “day”), from Old Javanese dina (“day”), from Sanskrit दिन (dina, “a day”).

#### Noun

dini
* early day
* early

##### Derived terms

* dini hari
* sedini-dininya

### Etymology 2

From Arabic دِينِيّ (dīniyy, “religious”).

#### Adjective

dini
* religious
    Synonym: religius

##### Related terms

* din

### Further reading

* “dini” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Sundanese
### Etymology

From Old Sundanese dini, dinih, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *di-ni (“here”). Compare Tagalog dini.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dini/

### Adverb

dini
* (dialectal, Baduy) here
    Synonym: dieu

### References

* ↑ "Dini" in 'Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek', S. Coolsma, A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij, 2nd print (1913), page 121.

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِين (dīn).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

dini class IX (plural dini class X)
* religion

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* dine
* rini, rine

### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *di-ni (“here”). The latter half of the word is possibly related to iri/ire/idi. See also ganiri and other Tagalog demonstrative pronouns. Meanwhile, the former half is possibly related to Malay di and Indonesian di as a likely cognate. Compare Cebuano dinhi, Tausug dī, and Malay sini.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈdini/ [ˈd̪iː.n̪ɪ], (colloquial) /ˈdine/ [ˈd̪iː.n̪ɛ]
* Rhymes: -ini
* Syllabification: di‧ni

### Adverb

dini (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜈᜒ) (dialectal)
* here (near the speaker)
    Synonym: dito

#### Usage notes

* Used in most dialects except standard or Manila Tagalog.
* When the preceding word ends with a vowel, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩, rini is used instead.

#### Derived terms

* dumini
* garini
* nandini
* narini
* naririni
* pagparini
* parika
* parini
* pumarini

#### See also

| | Direct (ang) | Indirect (ng) | Oblique (sa) | Locative (nasa) | Existential | Manner (gaya ng) |
| Near speaker* | ari/are, iri/ire/idi, yari** | nari/nare, niri/nire/nidi, niyari$^†$ | dini/dine | nandini, narini, nairi/naidi, naari | ere/eri, here/heri, ayri | ganari, ganiri, garini(garni), gayari$^†$ |
| Near speaker and listener* | ito | nito | dito | nandito, narito, naito** | heto, eto, ayto$^†$ | ganito, garito(garto)** |
| Near listener | iyan, yaan | niyan | diyan/diyaan | nandiyan/nandiyaan, nariyan(naryan), nayan/nayaan**, naiyan$^‡$ | hayan, ayan | ganiyan(ganyan), gay-an**, gariyan** |
| Remote | iyon, yoon, yaon$^†$ | niyon, noon, niyaon$^†$ | doon | nandoon, naron/naroon**, nayon/nayoon**, nayaon$^‡$ | hayon/hayun, ayon/ayun | ganoon, gayon, gay-on, gayoon$^‡$,garoon$^‡$ |
| *These two series have merged in modern Tagalog. The first row is used in some dialects, the second row is used anywhere else. **These pronouns are used in some dialects. $^†$These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature. $^‡$Rare in text. |||||||

### Further reading

* “dini”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*-ni”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Anagrams

* diin

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [diːni]
* Hyphenation: di‧ni

### Adjective

dīnī
* Misspelling of dinî (“religious”)

### Noun

dīni
* accusative singular of din
* third-person singular possessive of din

## Turkmen
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِينِيّ (dīniyy). By surface analysis, din +‎ -i.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: di‧ni

### Adjective

dini (comparative ?, superlative iň dini)
* religious

### Further reading

* “dini” in Enedilim.com
* “dini” in Webonary.org

## Western Bukidnon Manobo
### Adverb

dini
* here