دن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Aramaic דַּנָּא‎ / ܕܰܢܳܐ‎ (dannā, “wine jug, vat”), from Akkadian 𒂁𒆗𒉡 (/⁠dannu⁠/, “storage vat mostly for storing beer and wine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dann/

Noun

دَنّ • (dann) m (plural دِنَان‎ (dinān))

1. wine jug
   • a. 570, about when المرقش الأصغر (al-Muraqqiš al-Aṣġar) died, with this also quoted in الأعشى [al-ʾaʿšā] (a. 625), Geyer, Rudolf, editor, Zwei Gedichte von Al-ʾAʿšâ (Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse; 149/6)‎^[1] (in German), volume Mâ Bukâʾu, Wien: In Kommission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, published 1905, page 65

     ‏كـَأَنَّ فَاهَا (var. فِيهَا) عـُقَارًا قَرْقَفًا (var. عـُقَارٌ قَرْقَفٌ) نُشَّ (var. سُنَّ) مِنَ الدَنِّ فَالْكَأْسُ رَذُوم‎

     kaʔanna fāhā (var. fīhā) ʕuqāran qarqafan (var. ʕuqārun qarqafun) nušša (var. sunna) mina d-danni fa-l-kaʔsu raḏūm

     As if her mouth were a gassing hooch … poured from the jug so the stoop was about to overflow

Declension

Declension of noun دَنّ (dann)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَنّ dann	الدَّنّ‎ ad-dann	دَنّ dann
Nominative	دَنٌّ dannun	الدَّنُّ‎ ad-dannu	دَنُّ dannu
Accusative	دَنًّا‎ dannan	الدَّنَّ‎ ad-danna	دَنَّ danna
Genitive	دَنٍّ dannin	الدَّنِّ‎ ad-danni	دَنِّ danni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَنَّيْن‎ dannayn	الدَّنَّيْن‎ ad-dannayn	دَنَّيْ‎ dannay
Nominative	دَنَّانِ‎ dannāni	الدَّنَّانِ‎ ad-dannāni	دَنَّا‎ dannā
Accusative	دَنَّيْنِ‎ dannayni	الدَّنَّيْنِ‎ ad-dannayni	دَنَّيْ‎ dannay
Genitive	دَنَّيْنِ‎ dannayni	الدَّنَّيْنِ‎ ad-dannayni	دَنَّيْ‎ dannay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دِنَان‎ dinān	الدِّنَان‎ ad-dinān	دِنَان‎ dinān
Nominative	دِنَانٌ‎ dinānun	الدِّنَانُ‎ ad-dinānu	دِنَانُ‎ dinānu
Accusative	دِنَانًا‎ dinānan	الدِّنَانَ‎ ad-dināna	دِنَانَ‎ dināna
Genitive	دِنَانٍ‎ dinānin	الدِّنَانِ‎ ad-dināni	دِنَانِ‎ dināni

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /din/
• IPA^(key): /din.na/

Verb

دِنْ • (din) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of دَانَ‎ (dāna)

Verb

دِنَّ • (dinna) (form I)

1. second-person feminine plural active imperative of دَانَ‎ (dāna)
2. third-person feminine plural past active of دَانَ‎ (dāna)
3. third-person feminine plural past passive of دَانَ‎ (dāna)

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 169
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “دن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 918

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu دن‎ (din), ultimately from Sanskrit दिन (dina).

Noun

دن • (din) m (Standard Gujarati દિન‎) (Lisan ud-Dawat)

1. day

   Synonyms: دھاڑو‎ (dahāṛo), ديوس‎ (dīvas)

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit दिन (diná), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dyew-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ɪn/

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• Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

دِن • (din) m (Hindi spelling दिन)

1. day
2. daytime

Declension

Declension of دن
	singular	plural
direct	دن (din)	دن (din)
oblique	دن (din)	دنوں‎ (dinō̃)
vocative	دن (din)	دنو‎ (dinō)

See also

Days of the week in Urdu · ہَفْتے کے دِن‎ (hafte ke din) (layout · text)
اِتْوَار‎ (itvār)	پِیر‎ (pīr)	مَن٘گَل‎ (maṅgal)	بُدھ‎ (budh)	جُمِعْرات‎ (jumi'rāt)	جُمْعَہ‎ (jum'a)	ہَفْتَہ‎ (hafta)

Further reading

• “دن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دن”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “دن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.