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inyen

inyen is the alternative form of inyan.

Meaning of inyan

Noun

inyan (plural inyanim)

  1. (Judaism) A topic or subject matter, especially in the context of Jewish discussion.
  2. (Judaism, broadly) A custom conceived to have arisen from such discussion.
    • Is there an inyan or chiyuv to bury the entire body together, or is it OK to have body parts buried in two separate locations?2011 January 30, “Burying Amputated Limbs with Body”, in Ask The Rabbi - Dinonline

Forms of inyen

pluralinyonem

Questions about inyen

What is inyen the alternative form of?
Inyen is the alternative form of inyan.

Words near inyen in the dictionary

  1. inyala
  2. inyalas
  3. inyan
  4. inyanga
  5. inyangas
  6. inyen
  7. Inyo County
  8. inyoite
  9. inyoites
  10. Inyokern
  11. Inyos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inyen (page history and authors); inyan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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