ܕܐܝܢ dʾyn or ܕܝܢ dyn religion
OP *dainā- (Hinz 1975, 80 f.); Av. daēnā- (AirWb 662 ff.); Arm. LW den (Hübschmann AG 139, no. 188); MP dēn [dyn'] religion (CPD 26; Nyberg 61 f.); NP dīn faith, religion (Steingass 554); various spellings in ManMP and ManParth.: dyn, dyyn, dʿyn, dyʿn /dēn/ religion, the religious community (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 150 f.) ● MP 8, 11; am 2, 576, 21; 604, 11; Guidi Chron 17, 5 = Chr min 23, 12 ◆ LS 151b; PS Suppl. 82; Bausani 1969, 177 believes that NP dīn was borrowed back from Arabic