दान

From Sanskrit दान (dāna).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑːn/,

दान • (dān) m (Urdu spelling دان)

1. gift, offering, something given

Borrowed from Sanskrit दान (dāná).

दान • (dāna) n

1. gift

दान n

1. Devanagari script form of dāna (“gift”)

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From Proto-Indo-European *déh₃nom (“gift”), from *deh₃- (“to give”). Cognate with Latin dōnum (“gift”), Old Irish dán (“gift”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɑ́ː.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɑː.n̪ɐ/

दान • (dā́na) stem, n

1. gift, alms, donation
2. generosity, giving
3. (Buddhism, Hinduism) the practice of cultivating generosity; dana
   • Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, 5.2.3 (c. 700 BC):

     तदेतत्त्रयँ शिक्षेद् दमं दानं दयामिति

     tadetattrayam̐ śikṣed damaṃ dānaṃ dayāmiti

     Learn three cardinal virtues - self restraint, charity and compassion for all life.

• अन्नदान (annadāna)
• गोदान (godāna)

• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀤𑀸𑀦 (dāna) (Girnar)
  • Sylheti: ꠖꠣꠘ (dan)
  • Bengali: দান (dan)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀤𑀸𑀦 (dāna)
    • Old Gujarati: दाण (dāṇa)
      • Gujarati: દાણ (dāṇ)
    • Old Hindi: दान (dāna)
      • Braj: दान (dān)
      • Hindi: दान (dān)
      • Urdu: دان (dān)
• Pali: dāna
  • → Burmese: ဒါန (dana.)
  • → Khmer: ទាន (tiən)
  • → Lao: ທານ (thān)
  • → Mon: ဒါန်
  • → Thai: ทาน (taan)

Borrowings

• → Balinese: ᬤᬵᬦ (dana)
• → English: dana
• → Classical Malay: dana
  • Malay: dana
    • Indonesian: dana
• → Middle Chinese: 旦那 (MC tanH na), 檀那 (MC dan na)
  • Chinese: 檀那 (tánnà)

    Mandarin: 檀那 (tánnà)

  • → Japanese: 旦那 (danna)
• → Old Javanese: dāna
  • > Javanese: ꦢꦤ (dana) (inherited)
• → Old Gujarati: दान (dāna)
• → Punjabi: ਦਾਨ (dān)/ دان (dān)

From √dā, variant of √do ("divide, cut, reap, mow"). Cognate to Ancient Greek δαίω (daíō, “to divide”).

दान • (dā́na) stem, n

1. cutting off, splitting, dividing
2. pasture, meadow

• Monier Williams (1899) “दान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 474/1.