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 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

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^[2], 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 (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.