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語源

From 中期英語 hin, from Latin hin, from Hebrew הִין, from Egyptian (hnw, “jar, unit of liquid volume”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈhɪn/
• 韻: -ɪn

名詞

hin (plural hins)

1. (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L).
   • 1973, Bible (New International Version), Exodus 30:24:

     500 shekels of cassia — all according to the sanctuary shekel — and a hin of olive oil.

2. (historical units of measure) An Ancient Egyptian liquid measure of volume (about 0.48 L).
   • 1997, Helaine Selin, Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Westen Cultures:

     The hin for liquids was subdivided dimidially down to ⁄₃₂ = 1 ro.

Meronyms

• (Hebrew unit of measure): log (⁄₁₂ hin); cab, kab (⁄₃ hin); bath (6 hins); cor, kor, homer, chomer (60 hins)
• (Egyptian unit of measure): ro (⁄₃₂ hin); khay (⁄₃ hin); hekat, heqat (10 hins); khar (100 hins, later 160 or 200 hins)

参照

• "Weights and Measures" at Oxford Biblical Studies Online

アナグラム

• NHI, NIH, ihn