As a Hindi name
डीन · noun · feminine
उड़ान । पक्षियों की गति — Śabdasāgara
डीन · masculine
flight (especially of a bird)
डीन · masculine
a dean
Cited formation "डीन" is ड + -ईन: ड means "the thirteenth consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -ईन forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §10(5) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "डीन" is डी + -न: डी means "the letter D (dee)", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi डीन — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit डीन (ḍīna).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
ḍīna mfn. (cf. Pāṇ. vii, 2, 14; viii, 2, 45, Kāś.) flown, flying, W.
ḍīna n. a bird's flight, MBh. viii, 1899 f.
a Hindi word of English origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from English dean.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
flown, flying
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
ḍīna mfn. (cf. Pāṇ. vii, 2, 14; viii, 2, 45, Kāś.) flown, flying, W.
ḍīna n. a bird's flight, MBh. viii, 1899 f.
cf. ati-, abhi-, ava-, ni-, nir-, parā-, pari-, punar-, &c.
ḍīna p. p. [ḍī-kta] Flown up. — naṃ The flight of a bird. The varieties of the flight of birds are said to be 101, the word prefixed to ḍīna showing the particular mode of flight; e. g. avaḍīnaṃ, uḍḍīnaṃ, praḍīnaṃ, abhiḍīnaṃ, viḍīnaṃ, pariḍīnaṃ, parāḍīnaṃ &c.
ḍīna n. (-naṃ) Flying, the flight of a bird. E. ḍī to fly, affix lyuṭ.
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