دن
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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
Noun
دَنّ • (dann) m (plural دِنَان (dinān))
- wine jug
- a. 570, about when المُرَقِّش الْأَصْغَر (al-muraqqiš al-ʔaṣḡar) died, with this also quoted in الأعشى (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 المُرَقِّش الْأَصْغَر (al-muraqqiš al-ʔaṣḡar) died, with this also quoted in الأعشى (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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Etymology 2
Verb
دن (form I)
- دِنَّ (dinna) /din.na/: inflection of دَانَ (dāna):
- دِنْ (din) /din/: second-person masculine singular imperative 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
- Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 33
Gujarati
Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu دن (din), ultimately from Sanskrit दिन (dina).
Noun
دن • (din) m (Standard Gujarati દિન) (Lisan ud-Dawat)
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑀺𑀡 (diṇa), from Sanskrit दिन (diná).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /d̪ɪn/, , /dɪɳ/,
Noun
دِن or دِݨ • (din or diṇ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਦਿਨ or ਦਿਣ)
- day; daytime (the period from sunrise till sunset)
- Antonym: رات (rāt)
- day (a period of 24-hours)
- day (from one midnight to another)
- day; occasion
- (in the plural) season; circumstance (ie. these days)
- (figuratively) time
- (figuratively) luck; fate (ie. to have good or bad luck)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | دِن (din) | دِن (din) |
| oblique | دِن (din) | دِناں (dināṉ) |
| vocative | دِنا (dinā) | دِنو (dino) |
| ablative | دِنوں (dinoṉ) | دِناں (dināṉ) |
| locative | دِنے (dine) | دِنِیں (dinīṉ) |
| instrumental | دِنوں (dinoṉ) | – |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “دن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “دن”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
- “ਦਿਨ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dina”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 362
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Hindi دن (dn /din/) (c. 1503),[1] from Prakrit 𑀤𑀺𑀡 (diṇa), from Sanskrit दिन (diná),[2] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dyew-.
Pronunciation
Noun
دِن • (din) m (Hindi spelling दिन)
- day (from one midnight to another)
- day (a period of 24-hours)
- (by extension)
- day; daytime (the period from sunrise till sunset)
- Antonym: رات (rāt)
- day; occasion
- (in the plural) season; circumstance (ie. these days)
- (figuratively) time
- (figuratively) luck; fate (ie. to have good or bad luck)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | دن (din) | دن (din) |
| oblique | دن (din) | دنوں (dinõ) |
| vocative | دن (din) | دنو (dino) |
See also
| Days of the week in Urdu · ہَفْتے کے دِن (hafte ke din) (layout · text) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| اِتْوَار (itvār) | پِیر (pīr), سومْوَار (somvār) | مَن٘گَل (maṅgal) | بُدھ (budh) | جُمِعْرات (jumi'rāt) | جُمْعَہ (jum'a) | سَنِیچَر (sanīcar), ہَفْتَہ (hafta), شَنْبَہ (śanba) |