Дон

See also: дон and Appendix:Variations of "don"

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɔn]

Proper noun

Дон • (Don) m (relational adjective донски)

1. Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia, flowing 1160 miles to the Sea of Azov)
2. a transliteration of the English male given name Don

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [don]

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Etymology 1

Old East Slavic Донъ (Donŭ), perhaps from Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬥𐬎 (dānu, “river”), from Proto-Iranian *dānu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáHnu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu.

Cognate with Ukrainian Дін (Din), Ancient Greek Τάναϊς (Tánaïs), Ossetian дон (don, “river”).

Proper noun

Дон • (Don) m inan (genitive До́на, relational adjective донско́й)

1. Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia, flowing 1160 miles to the Sea of Azov)

Declension

Declension of Дон (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	До́н Dón
genitive	До́на Dóna
dative	До́ну Dónu
accusative	До́н Dón
instrumental	До́ном Dónom
prepositional	До́не Dóne
locative	Дону́ Donú

References

• Vasmer, Max (1950). Russisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in German). Heidelberg: Carl Winter.

Etymology 2

Probably from the common Celtic river name Proto-Celtic *Dānu << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-, found in many other river names such as Danube, and Dniester. Connected with the Welsh river goddess Dôn, whose name is from the same origin, though it could have been influenced by Welsh dawn (“gift”), Irish dán (“gift, offering”), Latin dōnum.

Proper noun

Дон • (Don) m inan (genitive До́на)

1. a transliteration of the English male given name Don

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɔn]

Etymology 1

Old East Slavic Донъ (Donŭ), perhaps from Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬥𐬎 (dānu, “river”), from Proto-Iranian *dānu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáHnu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu.

Cognate with Russian Дон (Don), Ancient Greek Τάναϊς (Tánaïs), Ossetian дон (don, “river”).

Proper noun

Дон • (Don) m inan (genitive До́на, uncountable, relational adjective донськи́й)

1. Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia, flowing 1160 miles to the Sea of Azov)

Declension

Declension of Дон
(inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	Дон Don
genitive	До́на Dóna
dative	До́нові, До́ну Dónovi, Dónu
accusative	Дон Don
instrumental	До́ном Dónom
locative	До́ну, До́ні Dónu, Dóni
vocative	До́не Dóne

Etymology 2

Probably from the common Celtic river name Proto-Celtic *Dānu << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-, found in many other river names such as Danube, and Dniester. Connected with the Welsh river goddess Dôn, whose name is from the same origin, though it could have been influenced by Welsh dawn (“gift”), Irish dán (“gift, offering”), Latin dōnum.

Proper noun

Дон • (Don) m inan (genitive До́на, uncountable)

1. a transliteration of the English male given name Don