Personal name · Semitic

DI-NA-U

personal name: hypocoristic of a √d-y-n name ('Judge')

Reading
Dīnāyu
Type
Personal name Candidate
Language
Semitic Candidate
Sites
Haghia Triada, Knossos
Attestations
5
Lexicon
DI-NA-U

Commentary

Reading from the lexicon (di Mino).

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry DI-NA-U.

  • Hebrewדִּיןdīndīn (דִּין) ‘to judge’
  • Ugaritic𐎄𐎐dndn ‘to judge’ (CUC, DULAT 272); dn-il ‘El judges’ (Daniʾilu)
  • Akkadiandīnudīnu ‘judgment’ (CAD D 150)
  • Arabicدِينdīndīn (دِين) ‘judgment, religion’
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