Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dayan

/dˈeɪən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English

Syllables: dayan
IPA: /dˈeɪən/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rabbinic judge.

name

A surname from Hebrew.

Example Sentences

"A medieval hymn composed by the Dayyan ("Judge") Daniel b. Yehudah of fourteenth-century Rome, recited in the daily morning Preliminary Service, and by some, at the close of the Arvit and Musaf services on Shabbat and festivals."
"There is a famous story about Rabbi Yisrael Salanter who ate on the Bimah in Vilna at the end of the Yom Kippur morning service in 1848 during a cholera epidemic, together with two other Dayyanim, to persuade the congregation to eat during the epidemic."
"The Samson Option states that Moshe Dayan gave the go-ahead for starting weapon production in early 1968, putting the plutonium separation plant into full operation."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew דיין.

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: דַּיָּן

Inflected Forms

dayans (plural) dayanim (plural) dayyan (alternative)

Rhymes With

mcmahon himalayan rayon uruguayan mahan mahon malayan payan skehan tehan mayhan

Questions

How do you pronounce dayan?: The recorded pronunciation is /dˈeɪən/.
What does dayan mean?: A rabbinic judge.
Where does dayan come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

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