name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
hin
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/ˈhɪn/
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rhymes with -ɪn
noun
Meaning 2
A former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: units-of-measure
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noun
Meaning 3
An Ancient Egyptian liquid measure of volume (about 0.48 L).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: units-of-measure
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noun
Meaning 4
ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: volume unit, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit, cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Khmer. Borrowed also from Dutch Hin.
From Middle English hin, from Latin hin, from Hebrew הִין, from Egyptian h:n-nw-w-W22 (hnw, “jar, unit of liquid volume”).
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: hino — Hebrew unit of measure
- French: hin — Hebrew unit of measure
- German: Hin — Hebrew unit of measure
- Icelandic: hín — Hebrew unit of measure
- Italian: hin — Hebrew unit of measure
- Russian: гин (gin) — Hebrew unit of measure
- Spanish: hin — Hebrew unit of measure
- Swedish: en hin — Hebrew unit of measure
- Egyptian: h:n-nw-w-W22 (hnw) — Egyptian unit of measure