dinas

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dinas

1. second-person singular past historic of diner

From Dutch dienst (“service”), from Middle Dutch dienst, from Old Dutch *thionost, from Proto-Germanic *þewanōstaz, *þewanōną, from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to run, be fluid, flow”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈdinas]
• Hyphenation: di‧nas

dinas (plural dinas-dinas, first-person possessive dinasku, second-person possessive dinasmu, third-person possessive dinasnya)

1. (government) service, department.

   Dinas Pendidikan ― Education Service

   Dinas Pemadam Kebakaran ― Fire Department

2. (government) government

   Synonym: pemerintah

• (government service): jawatan
• (government service): perkhidmatan (Standard Malay)

dinas

1. (colloquial) to work.

   Synonyms: bertugas, bekerja

• “dinas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Cognates: Western Apache nos~dinos~danos.

• IPA^(key): [tɪ̀nɑ̀s]

dinas

1. bearberry, kinnikinnick

dinas f pl

1. feminine plural of dino

dinas f pl

1. plural of dina

Augmentative of din (“fortress”), from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold”).

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪnas/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːnas/, /ˈdɪnas/

dinas f (plural dinasoedd)

1. city