دانه

See also: دانہ and دانة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian دانه (dâne).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑːˈnɛ/, /tɑːˈnɛ/

Noun

دانه • (tane)

1. pip, seed, kernel, grain, berry of any fruit or grain
2. seed, grain in bulk
3. single fruits that have separated from a larger bulk
4. daily bread, food
5. bait in a trap if remotely grain-formed
6. bead, perl
7. bullet, dot, projectile, ball of a rifle, cannonball
8. ember, spark (دانه آتش (tane ateş))
9. piece, item, shtick

Descendants

• Turkish: tane
• → Armenian: թանե (tʻane)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: та̏не

  Latin script: tȁne

Pashto

Etymology

From Classical Persian دانه (dāna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑˈna/

Noun

دانه • (dâna) f

1. piece
2. grain

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭠𐭭𐭪 (dʾnk' /⁠dānag⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *daHnáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰaHnáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰoHnéh₂. Cognate with Baluchi دانگ (dànag, “pimple”). Doublet of دانگ.

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.ná]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɒː.né]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔ.ná]

Readings
Classical reading?	dāna
Dari reading?	dāna
Iranian reading?	dâne
Tajik reading?	dona

• Audio (Iran):

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Classifier

دانه • (dāna / dâne) (Tajik spelling дона)

1. generic classifier for units or pieces of an object.

   «چند دانه سیب مانده؟» «دو دانه.»

   “čand dāna sēb mānda?” “du dāna.” / “čand dâne sib mânde?” “do dâne.”

   "How many apples are left?" "Two."

Noun

دانه • (dāna / dâne) (Tajik spelling дона)

1. grain (seed of grass food crops)
2. grain (grass food crops)
3. seed (propagative portion of a plant)
4. berry
5. (medicine) granulation (granulated tissue)
6. semen

Related terms

• دانه‌دانه (dāna-dāna / dâne-dâne)

Descendants

• → Gulf Arabic: دَانَة (dāna)
• → Azerbaijani: dənə
  • → Armenian: դա̈նա̈ (dänä)
• → Bashkir: дана (dana)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दाना (dānā)

  Urdu: دانہ (dāna)

• → Bengali: দানা (dana)
• → Kazakh: дана (dana)
• → Nepali: दाना (dānā)
• → Pashto: دانه (dâna)
• → Punjabi: ਦਾਣਾ (dāṇā)
• → Rajbanshi: दाना (dānā)
• → Tatar: данә (danä)
• → Turkmen: däne
• → Ottoman Turkish: دانه (tane)
  • Turkish: tane
  • → Armenian: թանե (tʻane)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: та̏не

    Latin script: tȁne

Further reading

• Bulkin, Carleton (2012), “دانه”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “دانه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Vullers, Johann August (1855), “دانه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 804a