deen

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِين (dīn).

Noun

deen (uncountable)

1. (Islam) religion; religiosity; the way of life of a pious Muslim
   • 2014, CHANEL, Purple Ink Presents Savage Sisters by Chanel, iUniverse →ISBN

     Sterling was Muslim, and although he wasn't on his deen, Shanice and Shakira felt that he should have had a Janazah.

   • 2016, Skepta, Shutdown, on Konnichiwa

     You say you're Muslim, you say you're Rasta / Say you don't eat pork, don't eat pussy / Liar, you're just an actor / Blud, you're not on your deen

Anagrams

• Dene, Dené, Eden, Ende, dene, eden, ende, need

Noun

deen

1. genitive plural of de

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːn/, [ˈde̞ːn]
• Rhymes: -eːn
• Hyphenation^(key): deen

Noun

deen

1. genitive singular of dee

Anagrams

• Eden

Etymology

From Old High German then, den, from Proto-Germanic *þanōn, by analogy with the adjective inflection.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːn/
  • Rhymes: -eːn

Determiner

deen m (unstressed den)

1. the (definite article)
2. that (demonstrative)

Noun

deen

1. Alternative form of den (“dean”)

Etymology

From Middle English don (“to put”), from Old English dōn, from Proto-West Germanic *dōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːn/

Verb

deen

1. to dress

   Synonyms: don, dieeght

   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Deen theezil.

     Dress thyself.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 33