Dani
See also: Dáni, dani, daní, dáni, dāni, dānī, dāņi, and dañi
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdæni/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -æni
Proper noun
Dani
- A diminutive of the female given name Danielle and of its variant forms.
- A rare spelling variant of Danny, diminutive of the male given name Daniel.
Etymology 2
- As an Italian, Slovak (Dáni), Romanian, and German surname, from diminutives of the given name Daniel.
- As an Albanian surname, from Dan, a short form of the Islamic name Ramadan.
- As an Indian surname, borrowed from Gujarati દાણી (dāṇī), from Sanskrit दानिन् (dānin, “giving, generous”).
Proper noun
Dani (plural Danis)
- A surname from Gujarati.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Dani is the 36337th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 616 individuals. Dani is most common among White (48.54%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (42.37%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dani”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 409.
Anagrams
- -inda, Adin, Andi, Dain, Dina, Inda, NAID, Nida, ad in
Albanian
Etymology
Dan (Dan) + -i (-(of) the / -s). See Dan (“Dan, Danny”) for more.
Proper noun
Dani m (definite Dani)
- nominative singular definite of Dan
- genitive singular indefinite of Dan
- dative singular indefinite of Dan
- ablative singular indefinite of Dan
Hungarian
Etymology
Clipping and -i diminutive of Dániel (changing -á- to -a-).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdɒni]
- Hyphenation: Da‧ni
- Rhymes: -ni
Proper noun
Dani
- a diminutive of the male given name Dániel
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Dani | Danik |
accusative | Danit | Danikat |
dative | Daninak | Daniknak |
instrumental | Danival | Danikkal |
causal-final | Daniért | Danikért |
translative | Danivá | Danikká |
terminative | Daniig | Danikig |
essive-formal | Daniként | Danikként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Daniban | Danikban |
superessive | Danin | Danikon |
adessive | Daninál | Daniknál |
illative | Daniba | Danikba |
sublative | Danira | Danikra |
allative | Danihoz | Danikhoz |
elative | Daniból | Danikból |
delative | Daniról | Danikról |
ablative | Danitól | Daniktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular | Danié | Daniké |
non-attributive possessive - plural | Daniéi | Danikéi |
Possessive forms of Dani | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Danim | Danijaim |
2nd person sing. | Danid | Danijaid |
3rd person sing. | Danija | Danijai |
1st person plural | Danink | Danijaink |
2nd person plural | Danitok | Danijaitok |
3rd person plural | Danijuk | Danijaik |
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse danir, from Proto-Germanic *daniz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtaːnɪ/
- Rhymes: -aːnɪ
Noun
Dani m (genitive singular Dana, nominative plural Danir)
- Dane (person from Denmark or of Danish descent)
Further reading
- “Dani” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Anagrams
- andi
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *daniz.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdaː.niː/, [ˈd̪äːniː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈda.ni/, [ˈd̪äːni]
Proper noun
Dānī m pl (genitive Dānōrum); second declension
- (Late Latin) the Danes (natives of Denmark)
- Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum
- Danorum Regum heroumque Historiae
- "History of the Kings and heroes of the Danes"
- Danorum Regum heroumque Historiae
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Venantius Fortunatus to this entry?)
- Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
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Nominative | Dānī |
Genitive | Dānōrum |
Dative | Dānīs |
Accusative | Dānōs |
Ablative | Dānīs |
Vocative | Dānī |
Derived terms
- Dānia
- Dānicus
References
- Dāni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 466/3
Portuguese
Proper noun
Dani
- a diminutive of the female given name Daniela
- a diminutive of the male given name Daniel
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdani/ [ˈd̪a.ni]
- Rhymes: -ani
- Syllabification: Da‧ni
Proper noun
Dani m
- a diminutive of the male given name Daniel