دن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Aramaic דַּנָּא‎ / ܕܰܢܳܐ‎ (dannā, “wine jug, vat”), from Akkadian 𒂁𒆗𒉡 (/dannu/, “storage vat mostly for storing beer and wine”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dann/

Noun

دَنّ • (dann) m (plural دِنَان‎ (dinān))

  1. wine jug
    • a. 570, about when المرقش الأصغر (al-Muraqqiš al-Aṣġar) died, with this also quoted in الأعشى [al-ʾaʿšā] (a. 625), Geyer, Rudolf, editor, Zwei Gedichte von Al-ʾAʿšâ (Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse; 149/6)‎ (in German), volume Mâ Bukâʾu, Wien: In Kommission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, published 1905, page 65
      ‏كـَأَنَّ فَاهَا (var. فِيهَا) عـُقَارًا قَرْقَفًا (var. عـُقَارٌ قَرْقَفٌ) نُشَّ (var. سُنَّ) مِنَ الدَنِّ فَالْكَأْسُ رَذُوم‎
      kaʔanna fāhā (var. fīhā) ʕuqāran qarqafan (var. ʕuqārun qarqafun) nušša (var. sunna) mina d-danni fa-l-kaʔsu raḏūm
      As if her mouth were a gassing hooch … poured from the jug so the stoop was about to overflow
Declension

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /din/
  • IPA(key): /din.na/

Verb

دِنْ • (din) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of دَانَ‎ (dāna)

Verb

دِنَّ • (dinna) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine plural active imperative of دَانَ‎ (dāna)
  2. third-person feminine plural past active of دَانَ‎ (dāna)
  3. third-person feminine plural past passive of دَانَ‎ (dāna)

References

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu دن‎ (din), ultimately from Sanskrit दिन (dina).

Noun

دن • (din) m (Standard Gujarati દિન) (Lisan ud-Dawat)

  1. day
    Synonyms: دھاڑو (dahāṛo), ديوس (dīvas)

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit दिन (diná), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dyew-.

Pronunciation

Noun

دِن • (din) m (Hindi spelling दिन)

  1. day
  2. daytime

Declension

Declension of دن
singular plural
direct دن‎ (din) دن‎ (din)
oblique دن‎ (din) دنوں‎ (dinō̃)
vocative دن‎ (din) دنو‎ (dinō)

See also

References

  • “دن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “دن”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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