-dan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dan"

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		-дан
Abjad		ـدان

Suffix

preceding vowel
A / I / O / U	E / Ə / İ / Ö / Ü
-dan	-dən

-dan

1. Form of -dən after the vowels A / I / O / U.

   maşın → maşından

   [the] car → from [the] car

   Peru → Perudan

   Peru → from Peru

Usage notes

This suffix is to be preceded by an additional n when the noun it is appended to already ends with another suffix's vowel.

dostumun maşını → dostumun maşınından

my friend's car → from my friend's car

Derived terms

See -dən.

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Turkish

Suffix

-dan

1. Used to form ablative of nouns.

   ‎okul (“school”) + ‎-dan → ‎okuldan (“from school”)

Usage notes

• It is used when the noun's last vowel is a back vowel.
• It can be -den, when the noun's last vowel is a front vowel.

  ‎köy + ‎-dan → ‎köyden

• It can be -tan, when the noun's last consonant is "f", "s", "t", "k", "ç", "ş", "h" or "p".

  ‎mutfak + ‎-dan → ‎mutfaktan

• It must be used with an apostrophe when forming a proper noun.

  ‎İstanbul + ‎-dan → ‎İstanbul'dan