dinas

See also: Dinas, diñas, diñás, and dînas

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

dinas

1. second-person singular past historic of diner

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch dienst (“service”), from Middle Dutch dienst, from Old Dutch *thionost, from Proto-Germanic *þewanōstaz, *þewanōną, from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to run, be fluid, flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdinas]
• Hyphenation: di‧nas
• Rhymes: -as

Noun

dinas (plural dinas-dinas, first-person possessive dinasku, second-person possessive dinasmu, third-person possessive dinasnya)

1. (government) service, department.

   Dinas Pendidikan ― Education Service

   Dinas Pemadam Kebakaran ― Fire Department

2. (government) government

   Synonym: pemerintah

Synonyms

• (government service): jawatan
• (government service): perkhidmatan (Standard Malay)

Verb

dinas

1. (colloquial) to work.

   Synonyms: bertugas, bekerja

Derived terms

• berdinas
• kedinasan
• mendinaskan

 

• suku dinas

 

Further reading

• “dinas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Navajo

Etymology

Cognates: Western Apache nos~dinos~danos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɪ̀nɑ̀s]

Noun

dinas

1. bearberry, kinnikinnick

Spanish

Adjective

dinas f pl

1. feminine plural of dino

Noun

dinas f pl

1. plural of dina

Welsh

Etymology

Augmentative of din (“fortress”), from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪnas/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːnas/, /ˈdɪnas/

Noun

dinas f (plural dinasoedd)

1. city

Derived terms

• Dinas y Fatican (“the Vatican City”)
• dinasaidd (“civic”)
• dinasol (“municipal”)
• dinesig (“civil”)
• dinesydd (“citizen”)
• prifddinas (“capital city”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of dinas

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dinas	ddinas	ninas	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.