دان

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Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the root د ي ن (d-y-n). Compare Hebrew דן.

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دَانَ (dāna) I, non-past يَدِينُ‎ (yadīnu)

  1. to owe (money)
  2. to borrow
  3. to lend
  4. to compel
  5. to render contemptible
  6. to submit, to yield, to obey

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دَانَ (dāna) I, non-past يَدِينُ‎ (yadīnu), passive participle مَدِين (madīn) or مَدْيُون (madyūn)

  1. to judge
    كَمَا تَدِينُ تُدَانُ
    kamā tadīnu tudānu
    literally “As you judge, you will be judged”, equivalent to as you sow, so shall you reap
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 37:53:
      أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَإِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ
      ʔaʔiḏā mitnā wakunnā turāban waʕiẓāman ʔaʔinnā lamadīnūna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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دَانَ (dāna) I, non-past يَدِينُ‎ (yadīnu)

  1. (intransitive) to hold religion.

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From Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (to give).

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Northern Kurdish dan

دان (dan) (present stem دە- (de-))

  1. (transitive) to give

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دان (dān)

  1. tooth

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دان (Rumi spelling dan)

  1. and (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera)

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  • Indonesian: dan

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Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dʾn' /⁠dān⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *daHnáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰaHnáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰoHnéh₂.

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دان (dân)

  1. grain
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Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Persian [script needed] (-dʾn' /⁠-dān⁠/).

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (to support, hold)?”

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ـدان (-dân)

  1. holder, container
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دان (dân)

  1. present stem of دانستن (dânestan)

South Levantine Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic أُذُن (ʔuḏun).

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  • IPA(key): /daːn/, [dæːn]
  • (file)

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دان (dānf (dual دنتين (dintēn), plural دنين (dinēn))

  1. ear