"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 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)
    Sense id: en-hin-en-noun-mGExI30t Topics: units-of-measure Disambiguation of 'Hebrew unit of measure': 72 28 Disambiguation of 'Hebrew unit of measure': 72 28
  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, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 19 81 Topics: units-of-measure Disambiguation of 'Egyptian unit of measure': 11 89 Disambiguation of 'Egyptian unit of measure': 10 90

Inflected forms

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