# दिन
## Awadhi
### Etymology

From Sanskrit दिन (diná).

### Noun

दिन (din)
* day

## Hindi
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi दिन (dina), from Prakrit दिण (diṇa), from Sanskrit दिन (dina), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dinám, from Proto-Indo-European *di-nó- (“day”), from the root *dyew- (“to shine”). Cognate with Bengali দিন (din), Nepali दिन (dina), and more distantly with Russian день (denʹ).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /d̪ɪn/, [d̪ɪ̃n]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

दिन • (din) m (Urdu spelling دن)
* day (period from one midnight to the next)
    Synonym: दिवस (divas)
    अक्तूबर में ३१ दिन होते हैं।aktūbar mẽ 31 din hote ha͠i.There are 31 days in October.
    आज क्या दिन है? ― āj kyā din hai? ― What day is it today?
* day (any period of twenty-four hours)
    Synonyms: रोज़ (roz), दिवस (divas), यौम (yaum)
    ढाई दिन ― ḍhāī din ― two-and-a-half days
* day, daytime (period between sunrise and sunset)
    Antonym: रात (rāt)
* (figuratively) time

#### See also

* वर्ष (varṣ), साल (sāl), बरस (baras)
* मास (mās), महीना (mahīnā)
* सप्ताह (saptāh)
* दिन (din)
* घंटा (ghaṇṭā)
* मिनट (minaṭ)
* सैकंड (saikaṇḍ)

#### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “दिन”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

## Marathi
### Etymology

From Sanskrit दिन (dina)

### Pronunciation

IPA: /d̪in/, [d̪iːn]

### Noun

दिन • (din) m
* (less common, often poetic) day
    Synonym: दिवस (divas)

### See also

* days of the week: वार (vār) (appendix): सोमवार (somvār) · मंगळवार (maṅgaḷvār) · बुधवार (budhvār) · गुरुवार (guruvār) · शुक्रवार (śukravār) · शनिवार (śanivār) · रविवार (ravivār)

## Middle Gujarati
### Etymology

From Sanskrit दिन (dina).

### Noun

दिन (transliteration needed) m
* day
** 1782, मतिसार, शालिभद्रचरित :शालभद्र एकेक स्त्री दिनप्रतै तेजै छैŚālabhādra gives up one wife per day

## Nepali
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit दिन (dina, “day”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [d̪in]
* Phonetic Devanagari: दिन्

#### Noun

दिन • (din)
* day
* date
* time, opportunity

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [d̪inʌ]
* Phonetic Devanagari: दिन

#### Verb

दिन • (dina)
* form of दिनु (dinu).

### References

* “दिन”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
* Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “दिन”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* dina (Latin script)
* 𑀤𑀺𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* দিন (Bengali script)
* දින (Sinhalese script)
* ဒိန or ၻိၼ (Burmese script)
* ทิน or ทินะ (Thai script)
* ᨴᩥᨶ (Tai Tham script)
* ທິນ or ທິນະ (Lao script)
* ទិន (Khmer script)
* 𑄘𑄨𑄚 (Chakma script)

### Noun

दिन n
* Devanagari script form of dina (“day”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* দিন (Assamese script)
* ᬤᬶᬦ (Balinese script)
* দিন (Bengali script)
* 𑰟𑰰𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀤𑀺𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* ဒိန (Burmese script)
* દિન (Gujarati script)
* ਦਿਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌦𑌿𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦢꦶꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂠𑂱𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ದಿನ (Kannada script)
* ទិន (Khmer script)
* ທິນ (Lao script)
* ദിന (Malayalam script)
* ᡩᡳᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘟𑘱𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠢᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦿𑧒𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐡𑐶𑐣 (Newa script)
* ଦିନ (Odia script)
* ꢣꢶꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆢𑆴𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖟𑖰𑖡 (Siddham script)
* දින (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩭𑩑𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚛𑚮𑚝 (Takri script)
* தி³ந (Tamil script)
* దిన (Telugu script)
* ทิน (Thai script)
* དི་ན (Tibetan script)
* 𑒠𑒱𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨛𑨁𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dinám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dinám, from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to shine”). Cognate to the root *déy-no-, whence Lithuanian diena, Proto-Slavic *dьnь (whence Russian день (denʹ), Bulgarian ден (den), Macedonian ден (den), Old Church Slavonic дьнь (dĭnĭ)). Other cognates include Old Armenian տիւ (tiw, “daytime”), Latin diēs (“day”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /dí.nɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d̪i.n̪ɐ/

#### Noun

दिन • (dína) stem, m or n
* day
    Synonym: दिवस (divasa)

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic

##### Derived terms

* गतदिन (gatadina, “yesterday”)
* जन्मदिन (janmadina, “a birthday”)

##### Descendants

* Pali: दिन (dina)
* Prakrit: दिण (diṇa)
** Central Indo-Aryan:
*** Old Hindi: दिन (dina)
**** Hindi: दिन (din)
**** Urdu: دِن (din)
** Eastern Indo-Aryan:
*** Assamese: দিন (din)
*** Bengali: দিন (din)
*** Chakma: 𑄘𑄨𑄚𑄴 (din)
*** Odia: ଦିନ (dina)
*** Rohingya: din
*** Sylheti: ꠖꠤꠘ (din)
** Northern Indo-Aryan:
*** Nepali: दिन (dina)
* → Awadhi: दिन (din)
* → Gujarati: દિન (din)
* → Marathi: दिन (din)
* → Punjabi: ਦਿਨ (din)
* → Old Javanese: dina
** Javanese: ꦢꦶꦤ (dina), ꦫꦶꦤ (rina), ꦢꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀ (dinten), ꦫꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀ (rinten)
** → Balinese: ᬤᬶᬦ (dina)
* → Kannada: ದಿನ (dina)
* → Malayalam: ദിനം (dinaṁ)
* → Tamil: தினம் (tiṉam)
* → Telugu: దినము (dinamu)
* → Tulu: ದಿನ (dina)

### Etymology 2

From the root दो (do).

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /di.nɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d̪i.n̪ɐ/

#### Adjective

दिन • (diná) stem
* cut, divided, mown
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “दिन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 478/1.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 726
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 41