adin

See also: Adin, adin', adın, Adın, adɨŋ, ad in, ádin, and ádɨŋ

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *adiN, often linked to the Aquitanian given name Dannadinnis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /adin/, [a.ð̞ĩn]

Noun

adin inan

  1. age
  2. (geology) era

Declension
Declension of adin (adjective, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive adin adina adinak
ergative adinek adinak adinek
dative adini adinari adinei
genitive adinen adinaren adinen
comitative adinekin adinarekin adinekin
causative adinengatik adinarengatik adinengatik
benefactive adinentzat adinarentzat adinentzat
instrumental adinez adinaz adinez
inessive anim. adinengan adinarengan adinengan
inanim. adinetan adinean adinetan
locative anim. — — —
inanim. adinetako adineko adinetako
allative anim. adinengana adinarengana adinengana
inanim. adinetara adinera adinetara
terminative anim. adinenganaino adinarenganaino adinenganaino
inanim. adinetaraino adineraino adinetaraino
directive anim. adinenganantz adinarenganantz adinenganantz
inanim. adinetarantz adinerantz adinetarantz
destinative anim. adinenganako adinarenganako adinenganako
inanim. adinetarako adinerako adinetarako
ablative anim. adinengandik adinarengandik adinengandik
inanim. adinetatik adinetik adinetatik
partitive adinik — —
prolative adintzat — —

Further reading
  • "adin" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “adin” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Galo

Noun

adin

  1. meat, flesh, muscle

Yoruba

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /à.dĩ̀/

Noun

àdìn

  1. (Ekiti) The Èkìtì Yoruba concept of an individual identity and a collective community identity.
    Synonym: ùà
  2. (Ekiti) The culture of the Èkìtì people
  3. (Ekiti) character, behavior
    Synonym: ùà
Derived terms
  • àdìn-aládìn (“foreign culture”)
  • Àdínlẹ́wà (“A Yoruba name, meaning identity has beauty, character has beauty”)

Further reading
  • Adéṣuyì, Olúkáyọ̀dé R. Adìn-Aládìn: Rethinking the Contemporary Challenge to Akurẹ Cultural Identity , 2016

Etymology 2

Cognate with Èkìtì Yoruba ùdín, Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba ùdẹ́n, Igala ìdí, Edo údẹ́n (“palm oil ointment”), Igbo ùde (“ointment, palm oil ointment”), Nupe èdín (“palm kernel oil”), Nupe èdĩ, and possibly related to Edo ẹdi (“nut, palm nut”), Urhobo edi, with a much deeper etymology, it is proposed to be derived from a Proto-Niger-Congo root, see Usaghade útén (“oil palm”), Ibibio adan (“oil”), and Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀téndé

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /à.dĩ́/

Noun

àdín

  1. oil; usually in reference to palm kernel oil
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