דיין

See also: דײַן‎

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
ד־י־ן‎

Cognate with Arabic دَيَّان‎ (dayyān), Aramaic דַּיָּנָא‎ (dayyānā).

Noun

דיין \ דַּיָּן • (dayán) m (plural indefinite דיינים \ דַּיָּנִים‎, singular construct דיין \ דַּיַּן־, plural construct דייני \ דַּיָּנֵי־‎)

  1. judge, jurist

Yiddish

Etymology 1

From Hebrew דַּיָּן‎.

Noun

דיין • (dayen) m, plural דיינים‎ (dayonem)

  1. religious judge

Etymology 2

Determiner

דיין • (dayn)

  1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of דײַן‎ (dayn).
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