ڈین

See also: دين and دین

Punjabi

Etymology

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Sanskrit डाकिनी (ḍākinī)

Prakrit 𑀟𑀸𑀇𑀡𑀻 (ḍāiṇī)

Punjabi ڈَیݨ (ḍaiṇ)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀟𑀸𑀇𑀡𑀻 (ḍāiṇī), from Sanskrit डाकिनी (ḍākinī).

Cognates

Cognate with Saraiki ݙائݨ (ḏā'iṇ), Sindhi ڏَائِڻُ m (ḍ̠āiṇu), Urdu ڈَائِن (ḍāin), Bengali ডাইনি (ḍaini), among others.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɖɛːɳə̆/

Noun

ڈَیݨ • (ḍaiṇ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਡੈਣ)

1. witch; sorceress
2. (figuratively, derogatory) hag; an unpleasant, ugly woman
   • 2002, فیر کیہہ ہویا [fer kīh hoyā, Then what happened?], Lahore, →OCLC, page 35:

     ایہہ تے اوس ڈین نوں وی نئیں پتہ۔

     aih te os ḍaiṇ nūṉ vī naīṉ patah.

     Even that hag doesn't know about this.

Declension

Declension of ڈین

	singular	plural
direct	ڈَیݨ (ḍaiṇ)	ڈَیݨاں (ḍaiṇāṉ)
oblique	ڈَیݨ (ḍaiṇ)	ڈَیݨاں (ḍaiṇāṉ)
vocative	ڈَیݨے (ḍaiṇe)	ڈَیݨو (ḍaiṇo)
ablative	ڈَیݨوں (ḍaiṇoṉ)	ڈَیݨاں (ḍaiṇāṉ)
locative	ڈَیݨی (ḍaiṇī)	ڈَیݨِیں (ḍaiṇīṉ)
instrumental	ڈَیݨِیں (ḍaiṇīṉ)	ڈَیݨے (ḍaiṇe)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ڈَین”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਡੈਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ḍākínī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 311