دانش

Iraqi Arabic

Root
د ن ش
1 term

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Ottoman Turkish طانشمق (danışmak, “to consult”).

Verb

دانش (dāniš) III (non-past يدانش (ydāniš))

1. (Basra) to consult

   دانش فكري ؟ ― dāniš fekri ? ― What do you think?

Conjugation

Conjugation of دانش

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	دانشت (dānašit)	دانشت (dānašit)	دانش (dānaš)		دانشنا (dānašna)	دانشتو (dānaštu)	دانشو (dānšaw)
	f		دانشتي (dānašti)	د انشت (dānšat)			دانشتن (dānaštan)	دانشن (dānšan)
present	m	ادانش (adāniš)	تدانش (tdāniš)	يدانش (ydāniš)		ندانش (ndāniš)	تدانشون (tdānšūn)	يدانشون (ydnāšūn)
	f		تدانشين (tdānšīn)	تدانش (tdāniš)			تدانشن (tdānšan)	يدانشن (ydānšan)
imperative	m		دانش (dāniš)				دانشو (dānšu)
	f		دانشي (dānši)				دانشن (dānšan)

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دانش (dāniš).

Noun

دانش • (dâniš) m

1. knowledge

   Synonym: پوهنه (pohëna)

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ānáHti

Middle Persian YDOYTWN-stn'

Persian دانستن (dānistan / dânestan)

Persian دان (dān / dân)

Middle Persian 𐭱𐭭 (šn)

Persian ـش (-iš / -eš)

Persian دانش

From دان (dān / dân) + ـش (-iš / -eš).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /daː.ˈniʃ/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.nɪ́ʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.nɪ́ʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.nɪ́ʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔː.níʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɒː.néʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔ.níʃ]

• Rhymes: -iʃ

Readings
Classical reading?	dāniš
Dari reading?	dāniš
Iranian reading?	dâneš
Tajik reading?	doniš

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

دانش • (dāniš / dâneš) (Tajik spelling дониш)

1. knowledge

Derived terms

• دانشجو (dānišjō / dânešju)
• دانشمند (dānišmand / dânešmand)
• دانشنامه (dānišnāma / dânešnâme)
• دانشکده (dāniškada / dâneškade)
• دانشگاه (dānišgāh / dânešgâh)
• دانش‌آموز (dāniš-āmōz / dâneš-âmuz)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: daniş
• → Chagatai: دَانِش (dʾnš /⁠dāniš⁠/)
  • Uzbek: donish
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दानिश (dāniś)

  Urdu: دَانِش (dāniś)

• Malay: Danish
• → Ottoman Turkish: دَانِش (daniş)
  • Turkish: daniş
• → Pashto: دَانِش (dáníš)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਦਾਨਸ਼ (dānaś)

  Shahmukhi script: دَانَش (dānaś)

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ānáHti

Middle Persian YDOYTWN-stn'

Classical Persian دانستن (dānistan / dânestan)

Classical Persian دان (dān / dân)

Middle Persian 𐭱𐭭 (šn)

Classical Persian ـش (-iš / -eš)

Classical Persian دَانِش (dāniš)bor.

Urdu دانش

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَانِش (dāniš).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː.nɪʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɪʃ
• Hyphenation: دا‧نِش

Proper noun

دانِش • (dāniś) m (Hindi spelling दानिश)

1. a male given name, Danish, from Persian

Noun

دانِش • (dāniś) f (Hindi spelling दानिश)

1. knowledge, learning

   Synonym: علم (ilm)

2. science

   Synonym: سائنس (sāins)

3. wisdom, sagacity

Declension

Declension of دانش

	singular	plural
direct	دانِش (dāniś)	دانِشیں (dāniśẽ)
oblique	دانِش (dāniś)	دانِشوں (dāniśõ)
vocative	دانِش (dāniś)	دانِشو (dāniśo)

Related terms

• دانِش آموز (dāniś āmoz, “student, teacher”)
• دانِش جُو (dāniś jū, “student”)
• دانِش مَنْد (dāniś mand, “wise, scientist”)
• دانِش کَدَہ (dāniś kada, “college”)
• دانِش گاہ (dāniś gāh, “university”)
• دانِشوَر (dāniśvar, “scholar, intellectual”)