دونا

Arabic

Verb

دونا (form II)

1. دَوَّنَا (dawwanā) /daw.wa.naː/: third-person masculine dual past active of دَوَّنَ (dawwana)
2. دَوَّنَّا (dawwannā) /daw.wan.naː/: first-person plural past active of دَوَّنَ (dawwana)
3. دُوِّنَا (duwwinā) /duw.wi.naː/: third-person masculine dual past passive of دَوَّنَ (dawwana)
4. دُوِّنَّا (duwwinnā) /duw.win.naː/: first-person plural past passive of دَوَّنَ (dawwana)
5. دَوِّنَا (dawwinā) /daw.wi.naː/: second-person dual imperative of دَوَّنَ (dawwana)

Bakhtiari

Etymology

From the Persian verb دونستن (dunestan), from Middle Persian YDOYTWN-stn' (dānistan), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ānáHti, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /downɒ/

Noun

دونا (transliteration needed)

1. knowing

   خدا دونا

   khoda downa.

   God knows.

2. smart

   کر دونای

   kowr e downa ye.

   He is a smart boy.

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa दूण (dūṇa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Prakrit 𑀤𑀼𑀉𑀡 (duuṇa), 𑀤𑀺𑀉𑀡 (diuṇa), from Sanskrit द्विगुण (dviguṇa).

Adjective

دُوݨا (dūṇā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਦੂਣਾ)

1. double, twice

Further reading

• شیراز ،طاہِر [Tahir, Shiraz] (2016) “دُونڑاں”, in شِیرازُ الْلُّغات: پوٹھوہارِی لُغَت [Pothohari Dictionary] (in Urdu), Peshawar: گَنْدھارا ہِنْدْکو اَکَیڈَمِی (gandhārā hindko akaiḍamī) [Gandhara Hindko Academy], →ISBN, page 297, column 2.

Urdu

Urdu numbers ^(edit)

	۲ 2
Cardinal: دو (do)     Ordinal: دُوسْرا (dūsrā), دُوجا (dūjā), دُوَم (duvam)     Multiplier: دُگْنا (dugnā), دوگُنا (dogunā), دُہْرا (duhrā)     Distributive: دُونا (dūnā)     Collective: دونوں (donõ)     Fractional: آدھا (ādhā), نِصْف (nisf), نیم (nem)

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa दूण (dūṇa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Prakrit 𑀤𑀼𑀉𑀡 (duuṇa), 𑀤𑀺𑀉𑀡 (diuṇa), from Sanskrit द्विगुण (dviguṇa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪uː.nɑː/

Adjective

دُونا • (dūnā) (Hindi spelling दूना)

1. double, twice

   Synonym: دُگنا (dugnā)

Declension

Declension of دونا

	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	دونا (dūnā)	دونے (dūne)		دونی (dūnī)	دونی (dūnī)
indirect	دونے (dūne)	دونے (dūne)		دونی (dūnī)	دونی (dūnī)

Adverb

دُونا • (dūnā) (Hindi spelling दूना)

1. doubly, twofold

Further reading

• “دونا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.