"hin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hins [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English hin, from Latin hin, from Hebrew הִין, from Egyptian h:n-nw-w-W22 (hnw, “jar, unit of liquid volume”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hin}} Middle English hin, {{der|en|la|hin}} Latin hin, {{der|en|he|הִין}} Hebrew הִין, {{der|en|egy|hnw|<hiero>h:n-nw-w-W22</hiero>|jar, unit of liquid volume|tr=hnw}} Egyptian h:n-nw-w-W22 (hnw, “jar, unit of liquid volume”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} hin (plural hins)
  1. (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L). Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-hin-en-noun-mGExI30t Topics: units-of-measure
  2. (historical units of measure) An Ancient Egyptian liquid measure of volume (about 0.48 L). Tags: historical Meronyms (Egyptian unit of measure): ro (1⁄32 hin), khay (1⁄3 hin), hekat, heqat (10 hins), khar (100 hins, later 160 or 200 hins) Translations (Egyptian unit of measure): h:n-nw-w-W22 (hnw) [masculine] (Egyptian)
    Sense id: en-hin-en-noun-l-NbBwwG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Topics: units-of-measure Disambiguation of 'Egyptian unit of measure': 15 85 Disambiguation of 'Egyptian unit of measure': 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Meronyms (Hebrew unit of measure): log (1⁄12 hin), cab, kab (1⁄3 hin), bath (6 hins), cor, kor, homer, chomer (60 hins) Translations (Hebrew unit of measure): hino (Esperanto), hin [masculine] (French), Hin [neuter] (German), hín [feminine] (Icelandic), hin [masculine] (Italian), гин (gin) (Russian), hin [masculine] (Spanish), en hin (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'Hebrew unit of measure': 53 47 Disambiguation of 'Hebrew unit of measure': 53 47

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hin meaning in English (4.6kB)

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