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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Aryan/dinám

This Proto-Indo-Aryan entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Aryan

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dinám, from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“sky, heaven”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d̪i.n̪ɐ́m/

Noun

*dinám n

  1. day

Descendants
  • Sanskrit दिन (diná) (see there for further descendants)

References
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “dina”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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