dāna

English

Noun

dāna (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of dana

Anagrams

• ANDA, NDAA, aDNA, nada

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀤𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• दान (Devanagari script)
• দান (Bengali script)
• දාන (Sinhalese script)
• ဒါန or ၻႃၼ (Burmese script)
• ทาน or ทานะ (Thai script)
• ᨴᩤᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ທານ or ທານະ (Lao script)
• ទាន (Khmer script)
• 𑄘𑄂𑄚 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Pre-Sanskrit दान (dā́na) or re-formed from dā +‎ -ana.

Noun

dāna n

1. gift
2. charity
3. alms
4. giving

Declension

Declension table of "dāna" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	dānaṃ	dānāni
Accusative (second)	dānaṃ	dānāni
Instrumental (third)	dānena	dānehi or dānebhi
Dative (fourth)	dānassa or dānāya or dānatthaṃ	dānānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dānasmā or dānamhā or dānā	dānehi or dānebhi
Genitive (sixth)	dānassa	dānānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dānasmiṃ or dānamhi or dāne	dānesu
Vocative (calling)	dāna	dānāni

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဒါန (dana.)
• → Mon: ဒါန်
• → Thai: ทาน (taan)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “dāna”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead