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))
- 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
- 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
Declension
Declension of noun دَنّ (dann)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | دَنّ dann | الدَّنّ ad-dann | دَنّ dann |
Nominative | دَنٌّ dannun | الدَّنُّ ad-dannu | دَنُّ dannu |
Accusative | دَنًّا dannan | الدَّنَّ ad-danna | دَنَّ danna |
Genitive | دَنٍّ dannin | الدَّنِّ ad-danni | دَنِّ danni |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | دَنَّيْن dannayn | الدَّنَّيْن ad-dannayn | دَنَّيْ dannay |
Nominative | دَنَّانِ dannāni | الدَّنَّانِ ad-dannāni | دَنَّا dannā |
Accusative | دَنَّيْنِ dannayni | الدَّنَّيْنِ ad-dannayni | دَنَّيْ dannay |
Genitive | دَنَّيْنِ dannayni | الدَّنَّيْنِ ad-dannayni | دَنَّيْ dannay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | دِنَان dinān | الدِّنَان ad-dinān | دِنَان dinān |
Nominative | دِنَانٌ dinānun | الدِّنَانُ ad-dinānu | دِنَانُ dinānu |
Accusative | دِنَانًا dinānan | الدِّنَانَ ad-dināna | دِنَانَ dināna |
Genitive | دِنَانٍ dinānin | الدِّنَانِ ad-dināni | دِنَانِ dināni |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /din/
- IPA(key): /din.na/
Verb
دِنْ • (din) (form I)
- second-person masculine singular active imperative of دَانَ (dāna)
Verb
دِنَّ • (dinna) (form I)
- second-person feminine plural active imperative of دَانَ (dāna)
- third-person feminine plural past active of دَانَ (dāna)
- third-person feminine plural past passive of دَانَ (dāna)
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 169
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “دن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 918
Gujarati
Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu دن (din), ultimately from Sanskrit दिन (dina).
Noun
دن • (din) m (Standard Gujarati દિન)
- (Lisan ud-Dawat) day
- Synonyms: دھاڑو (dahāṛo), ديوس (dīvas)
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit दिन (diná), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dyew-.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪ɪn/
- Rhymes: -ɪn
Noun
دِن • (din) m (Hindi spelling दिन)
- day
- daytime
Declension
Declension of دن | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | دن (din) | دن (din) |
oblique | دن (din) | دنوں (dinō̃) |
vocative | دن (din) | دنو (dinō) |
See also
- (days of the week) ہفتے کے دن (hafte ke din); اتوار (itvār), پیر (pīr), منگل (mangal), بدھ (budh), جمعرات (jumi'rāt), جمعہ (jum'a), ہفتہ (hafta) (Category: ur:Days of the week)
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], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.