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رین

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See also: رين, زین, زين, and ر ي ن

Persian

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Verb

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رین • (rin)

  1. present stem form of ریدن

Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Hindi رین (ryn) (c. 1611),[1] from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀭𑀬𑀡𑀻 (rayaṇī), from Sanskrit रजनी (rajanī́),[2][3][4] from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hráȷ́aniH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HráǰaniH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁régʷenih₂, from *h₁régʷos (“darkness”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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رَین • (rain) f (Hindi spelling रैन) (chiefly rustic or poetic)

  1. the night
    Synonyms: رات (rāt), شَب (śab), لَیل (lail)

Declension

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    Declension of رین
singular plural
direct رَین (rain) رَینیں (rainẽ)
oblique رَین (rain) رَینوں (rainõ)
vocative رَین (rain) رَینو (raino)

References

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  1. ^ “رین”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “رین”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  3. ^ S. W. Fallon (1879) “رین”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  4. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rajanī́”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

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  • “رین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “رين”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 353
  • John Shakespear (1834) “رین”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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