دن

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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دَنّ (dannm (plural دِنَان (dinān))

  1. wine jug
    • a. 570, about when المُرَقِّش الْأَصْغَر (al-muraqqiš al-ʔaṣḡar) 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
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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دن (form I)

  1. دِنَّ (dinna) /din.na/: inflection of دَانَ (dāna):
    1. third-person feminine plural past active/passive
    2. second-person feminine plural imperative
  2. دِنْ (din) /din/: second-person masculine singular imperative of دَانَ (dāna)

References

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Gujarati

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Etymology

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

Noun

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دن (dinm (Standard Gujarati દિન) (Lisan ud-Dawat)

  1. day
    Synonyms: دھاڑو (dahāṛo), ديوس (dīvas)

Punjabi

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Western Panjabi Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pnb

Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑀺𑀡 (diṇa), from Sanskrit दिन (diná).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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دِن or دِݨ (din or diṇm (Gurmukhi spelling ਦਿਨ or ਦਿਣ)

  1. day; daytime (the period from sunrise till sunset)
    Antonym: رات (rāt)
  2. day (a period of 24-hours)
  3. day (from one midnight to another)
  4. day; occasion
  5. (in the plural) season; circumstance (ie. these days)
  6. (figuratively) time
  7. (figuratively) luck; fate (ie. to have good or bad luck)

Declension

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Declension of دن
dir. sg. دِن (din)
dir. pl. دِن (din)
singular plural
direct دِن (din) دِن (din)
oblique دِن (din) دِناں (dināṉ)
vocative دِنا (dinā) دِنو (dino)
ablative دِنوں (dinoṉ) دِناں (dināṉ)
locative دِنے (dine) دِنِیں (dinīṉ)
instrumental دِنوں (dinoṉ)

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “دن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “دن”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
  • ਦਿਨ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dina”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 362

Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Hindi دن (dn /⁠din⁠/) (c. 1503),[1] from Prakrit 𑀤𑀺𑀡 (diṇa), from Sanskrit दिन (diná),[2] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dyew-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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دِن (dinm (Hindi spelling दिन)

  1. day (from one midnight to another)
  2. day (a period of 24-hours)
  3. (by extension)
    1. a period of time
    2. age; era
  4. day; daytime (the period from sunrise till sunset)
    Antonym: رات (rāt)
  5. day; occasion
  6. (in the plural) season; circumstance (ie. these days)
  7. (figuratively) time
  8. (figuratively) luck; fate (ie. to have good or bad luck)

Declension

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

See also

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

References

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  1. ^ دن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dina”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 362

Further reading

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