dhana

See also: thana

Guugu Yimidhirr

Etymology

From Proto-Paman *cana, from Proto-Pama-Maric *cana, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *cana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ana/

Pronoun

dhana

1. they (3rd person plural nominative pronoun)

References

• Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
• Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.

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Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic ظَنّ (ẓann).

Noun

dhana (n class, plural dhana)

1. a presumption or assumption
2. a concept, belief, or thought

   dhana yenye kosa ― fallacy