דת

Hebrew

Etymology

From Middle Persian dʾt' (dāt, dād, law, justice), Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎫 (dāta-), from Proto-Iranian *dāta-, from the root *√dā (to give, put), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-; Cognate to Persian داد (dâd) and, more remotely, Latin data, nominative plural of datum (that is given).

Pronunciation

Noun

דָּת (dat) f (plural indefinite דָּתוֹת, singular construct דַּת־)

  1. religion

Usage notes

  • In Biblical Hebrew, the construct form was דָּת, as seen in, e.g., Esther 2:12 and Esther 9:13.

Derived terms

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