Dinka

See also: dinka

English

Etymology

From Dinka Jiɛ̈ɛ̈ŋ (“people”).

Noun

Dinka (plural Dinkas or Dinka)

1. A member of a tribe of South Sudan.

   Synonym: Janghey

Translations

• Note: These translations are for the plural.

A Nuer people in Africa

Dinka: Muɔnyjiëëŋ Finnish: dinka (fi)

Proper noun

Dinka

1. The Nilo-Saharan language spoken by these people.

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code din (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Dinka, din ⁠, a macrolanguage including:

• Ethnologue entry for Northeastern Dinka, dip ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Northwestern Dinka, diw ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for South Central Dinka, dib ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Southeastern Dinka, dks ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Southwestern Dinka, dik ⁠

Anagrams

• Adkin, Dakin, kadin, kinda

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dîːnka/

Proper noun

Dȋnka f (Cyrillic spelling Ди̑нка)

1. a female given name

Declension

    Declension of Dinka

	singular	plural
nominative	Dinka	Dinke
genitive	Dinke	Dinka
dative	Dinki	Dinkama
accusative	Dinku	Dinke
vocative	Dinko	Dinke
locative	Dinki	Dinkama
instrumental	Dinkom	Dinkama

Further reading

• “Dinka”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2026