How to say "religious, pious" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningreligious, pious
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مُتَدَيِّن
mutadayyinמתדין
متدين
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
דתי
datiدَاتِي
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
د-ي-نHebrew root
ד-י-ןArabic دين blends two strands: 'judgment', as in يوم الدين, Judgment Day, where Hebrew's true cognate is דין, 'judgment, law'; and 'religion', a sense many scholars trace to Middle Persian dēn. Hebrew's everyday דתי comes from yet another Persian word: דת, 'law, religion', from Old Persian dāta. So these look-alike ideas have tangled origins on both sides.
Related Hebrew word:דיןdinدِين
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In a phrase
رَجُل مُتَدَيِّن
rajul mutadayyinרג'ל מתדיןa religious/pious man
Feminine
مُتَدَيِّنَة
mutadayyinaמתדינה