See also: ـدان

Arabic

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Etymology

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

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دَانَ (dāna) I (non-past يَدِينُ (yadīnu), verbal noun دَيْن (dayn))

  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), verbal noun دَيْن (dayn) or دَيْنُونَة (daynūna) or دِين (dīn)), 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), verbal noun دِين (dīn) or دِيَانَة (diyāna))

  1. (intransitive) to hold religion.

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Central Kurdish

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Etymology

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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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Kalkoti

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Noun

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دان (dān)

  1. tooth

Malay

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Conjunction

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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

Persian

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Etymology 1

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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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Noun

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دان (dân)

  1. grain
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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دان (dân)

  1. present stem of دانستن (dânestan)

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic أُذُن (ʔuḏun).

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

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

  1. ear