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Is hin a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hin is a Scrabble US word. The word hin is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

H4I1N1

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H4I1N1

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3 letters words from 'hin'

HIN 6 

2 letters words from 'hin'

HI 5IN 2

All 3 letters words made out of hin

hin ihn hni nhi inh nih

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Definitions and meaning of hin

hin

Etymology

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).
    • 1997, Helaine Selin, Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Westen Cultures:
      The hin for liquids was subdivided dimidially down to 1⁄32 = 1 ro.
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 has a similar, but phonologically distinct pronoun in the same function: Proto-Germanic *jainaz, cf. Esimbi 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. (onomatopeia, colloquial) heh, ooh, hehe!

Garifuna

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(h)ĩ/

Noun

hin

  1. fruit

Inflection

German

Etymology

From Old High German hina; compare hence.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɪn/

Adverb

hin

  1. (to) there; thither (archaic)

Adjective

hin (only predicative)

  1. (colloquial) on the fritz (out of order)
    Synonyms: hinüber, kaputt

See also

  • hin-
  • hin und wieder

Further reading

  • “hin” in Duden online

Icelandic

Pronoun

hin (demonstrative)

  1. that (female)

Declension

Article

hin (f)

  1. the (definite article)

Declension

Japanese

Romanization

hin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ひん

Middle English

Pronoun

hin

  1. Alternative form of hine

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɪnː/ (example of pronunciation)

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

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

The noun has 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. the devil

References

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

Welsh

Etymology

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

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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

Source: wiktionary.org
  • a Hebrew unit of liquid measure.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)