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dīn (prob. fr. Pehl. & Pārsī dīn= Zend daênā, rt. dī= S. धी), s.m. Faith, religion; the religion (of Moḥammad):—dīn-panāh, s.m. Support or protection of religion, defender of the faith:—dīn-dār, adj. Religious, devout, pious, virtuous:—dīn-dārī, s.f. Religiousness, devoutness, devotion; firmness or constancy in religion:—dīn-dunyā, s.f. 'Religion and the world,' the hope of religious belief (i.e. the happiness of the next world) and this world:—dīn-dunyā-se jānā, To fail to secure happiness either in this world or the next:—dīn dīn pukārnā, To raise the cry of 'Religion!' to raise the standard of a religious war:—dīn-kā, adj. (f. -ī), Of or appertaining to religion, religious:—dīn-kāsāth-denā, To stand by, or to fight for, (one's) religion:—dīn-meṅmilānā(-ko), To bring over to a religion, make a convert of.
Origin: Arabic