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noun

a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.

verb (used with object)

to assail with din.

to sound or utter with clamor or persistent repetition.

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verb (used without object)

to make a din.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English din(e) (noun), Old English dyne, dynn; cognate with Old Norse dynr ‘noise’, Old High German tuni, Sanskrit dhuni ‘roaring’

Synonyms
1. uproar. See noise.

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noun (used with a plural verb) Islam.

religion, especially the religious observances of a Muslim.

Also, deen

[deen] .

Compare Ibada, Pillars of Islam.

Origin:
< Arabic dīn ‘religion’ < Persian dēn

Photography.

a designation, originating in Germany, of the speed of a particular film emulsion.

Origin:
< German D(eutsche) I(ndustrie) N(ormen) ‘German industrial standards’ (later construed as Das ist Norm ‘that is (the) standard’), registered mark of the German Institute for Standardization

(in Yugoslavia) dinar; dinars.

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din¹ (dɪn)

—n
1.	a loud discordant confused noise

—vb (usually foll by into) , dins, dinning, dinned
2.	to instil (into a person) by constant repetition
3.	(tr) to subject to a din
4.	(intr) to make a din

[Old English dynn; compare Old Norse dynr, Old High German tuni]

din² (dɪn)

—n
1.	a particular religious law; the halacha about something
2.	the ruling of a Beth Din or religious court

[from Hebrew, literally: judgment]

din³ (diːn)

—n
	Islam religion in general, esp the beliefs and obligations of Islam

[Arabic, related to dain debt]

DIN (dɪn)

—n
1.	Compare ISO rating a formerly used logarithmic expression of the speed of a photographic film, plate, etc, given as --10log₁₀E, where E is the exposure of a point 0.1 density units above the fog level; high-speed films have high numbers
2.	a system of standard plugs, sockets, and cables formerly used for interconnecting domestic audio and video equipment

[C20: from German D(eutsche) I(ndustrie) N(orm) German Industry Standard]

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Word Origin & History

din

O.E. dyne (n.), dynian (v.), from P.Gmc. *duniz, from PIE base *dhun- "loud noise" (cf. Skt. dhuni "roaring, a torrent").

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