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))

  1. 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
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

Pronunciation

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

Days of the week in Urdu · ہَفْتے کے دِن (hafte ke din) (layout · text)
اِتْوَار (itvār) پِیر (pīr) مَن٘گَل (maṅgal) بُدھ (budh) جُمْعَرات (jum'arāt) جُمْعَہ (jum'a) ہَفْتَہ (hafta)

Further reading

  • “دن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “دن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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