дон

See also: Дон

Ossetian

Etymology

From earlier *дан (*dan) (attested in placenames, and compare Jassic dan) with a → o before a nasal, from Proto-Iranian *dānu (compare Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬥𐬎 (dānu, “river”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dānu (compare Sanskrit दानु (dānu, “drop, dew”)).

Noun

дон • (don) (Iron plural дæттæ, Digor plural дæнттæ)

1. water
2. river
3. juice

References

• Bigulajev, B. B.; Gagkajev, K. Je.; Kulajev, N. X.; Tuajeva, O. N. (1970), “дон”, in Kasajev A. M., editor, Osetinsko-russkij slovarʹ [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3th edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”
• Taqazty, Fedar (2003), “дон”, in Digoron-urussag ʒurdwat [Digor–Russian Dictionary], Vladikavkaz: Alania
• Abajev, V. I. (1958) Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, pages 366—367
• Fridrik Thordarson, Ossetic Grammatical Studies (2009)

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [don]

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Noun

дон • (don) m anim, m inan (genitive до́на, nominative plural до́ны, genitive plural до́нов)

1. don (Spanish or Italian title of respect)
2. dong, bong (sound of a bell)

Declension

Declension of дон (bian masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	до́н dón	до́ны dóny
genitive	до́на dóna	до́нов dónov
dative	до́ну dónu	до́нам dónam
accusative animate inanimate	до́на dóna	до́нов dónov
	до́н dón	до́ны dóny
instrumental	до́ном dónom	до́нами dónami
prepositional	до́не dóne	до́нах dónax

See also

• Дон (Don) (река́ (reká))