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Definitions and meaning of hin

hin

Translingual

Symbol

hin

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Hindi.

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪn/
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

hin (plural hins)

  1. (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L).
    • 1973, Bible (New International Version), Exodus 30:24:
      500 shekels of cassia — all according to the sanctuary shekel — and a hin of olive oil.
  2. (historical units of measure) An Ancient Egyptian liquid measure of volume (about 0.48 L).

Meronyms

  • (Hebrew unit of measure): log (1⁄12 hin); cab, kab (1⁄3 hin); bath (6 hins); cor, kor, homer, chomer (60 hins)
  • (Egyptian unit of measure): ro (1⁄32 hin); khay (1⁄3 hin); hekat, heqat (10 hins); khar (100 hins, later 160 or 200 hins)

Translations

References

  • "Weights and Measures" at Oxford Biblical Studies Online

Anagrams

  • NHI, NIH, ihn

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn. The other Germanic languages have a similar, but phonologically distinct pronoun in the same function: Proto-Germanic *jainaz, cf. Old English ġeon, Old High German jēner, and Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (jains).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhiˀn], [hin]

Pronoun

hin c (neuter hint, plural hine)

  1. (archaic) that (distant in space or time)

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hiːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Pronoun

hin m or f (demonstrative)

  1. the other, that, the

Article

hin m or f (definite)

  1. the

Declension


French

Etymology

Expressive; possibly has roots in various ancient interjections, e.g. Latin hem (“eh?, oh!”), hui (“ho!, ooh!”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃/

Interjection

hin

  1. (onomatopoeia, colloquial) heh, ooh, hehe!

Garifuna

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(h)ĩ/

Noun

hin

  1. fruit

Inflection

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hin, from Old High German hina. Cognate with Dutch heen. Compare also English hence.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɪn/

Adverb

hin

  2. there, thither; denotes direction towards a place that is not the speaker’s current location.
    Coordinate term: her
  3. (colloquial) gone (somewhere), left, situated
    Ich sehe mal nach, wo die Pakete hin sind. ― I'll check where the packages went.
    1. (figurative) dead or out of order, kaput
      Synonyms: kaputt, tot, hinüber
    2. (figurative) exhausted, depleted
  4. (colloquial, chiefly in the form hin und weg) captivated, hooked
    Synonym: hingerissen
  5. (colloquial) Expresses the time left until a certain event in the future.
    Bis Weihnachten ist ja noch was hin. ― Christmas is still some time away.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “hin” in Duden online
  • “hin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Icelandic

Pronoun

hin

  1. inflection of hinn (“that”):
    1. nominative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative neuter plural

Article

hin

  1. inflection of hinn (“the”):
    1. nominative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative neuter plural

Japanese

Romanization

hin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ひん

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhin/ [ˈhi̞n]
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: hin

Article

hin

  1. Pronunciation variant of sin.

Synonyms

Middle English

Pronoun

hin

  1. Alternative form of hine

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɪnː/

Determiner

hin m (feminine hi, neuter hitt, plural hine)

  1. the other

References

  • “hin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Pronoun

hin

  1. inflection of hinn:
    1. feminine singular nominative
    2. neuter plural nominative/accusative

Declension

Article

hin

  1. inflection of hinn:
    1. feminine singular nominative
    2. neuter plural nominative/accusative

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeia

Interjection

hin

  1. neigh (horse sound)

Further reading

  • “hin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

The noun, a noa-name, might have been formed by ellipsis of phrases such as hin håle and hin onde.

Pronoun

hin

  1. (demonstrative, obsolete) other, the other one; that

Derived terms

  • hinsidan (“the other side”)
  • hinsides (“on the other side”)

Article

hin

  1. (obsolete except in set phrases, before an adjective) the (definite article)

Related terms

  • hin håken (“the devil”) (a euphemism for hin håle)
  • hin håle (“the devil”) (literally, “the hard one”)
  • hin onde (“the devil”) (literally, “the evil one”)

Noun

hin c

  1. (euphemistic) the devil
    Synonyms: den lede, den onde, hin håle, hin onde, skam

References

  • hin in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • hin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • hin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • Svensk etymologisk ordbok ("Swedish etymological dictionary")

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hin˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [hin˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [hɨn˧˧]

Adjective

hin

  1. (of a nose) narrow

References

  • "hin" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

Anagrams

  • inh, nhi

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh hin, from Proto-Brythonic *hin, from Proto-Celtic *sīnā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hiːn/

Noun

hin f (plural hinoedd, not mutable)

  1. (dated) weather
    Synonym: tywydd

Derived terms

  • hinsawdd (“climate”)

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian henn, from Proto-West Germanic *hannju.

Noun

hin c (plural hinnen, diminutive hintsje)

  1. hen
  2. chicken meat

Further reading

  • “hin (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

Noun

hin

  1. Alternative form of hen

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 46

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