Dani

See also: Dáni, dani, daní, dáni, dāni, dānī, dāņi, and dañi

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdæni/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æni

Proper noun

Dani

1. A diminutive of the female given name Danielle and of its variant forms.
2. A rare spelling variant of Danny, diminutive of the male given name Daniel.

Etymology 2

• As an Italian, Slovak (Dáni), Romanian, and German surname, from diminutives of the given name Daniel.
• As an Albanian surname, from Dan, a short form of the Islamic name Ramadan.
• As an Indian surname, borrowed from Gujarati દાણી (dāṇī), from Sanskrit दानिन् (dānin, “giving, generous”).

Proper noun

Dani (plural Danis)

1. A surname from Gujarati.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dani is the 36337^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 616 individuals. Dani is most common among White (48.54%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (42.37%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dani”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 409.

Anagrams

• -inda, Adin, Andi, Dain, Dina, Inda, NAID, Nida, ad in

Albanian

Etymology

Dan (Dan) +‎ -i (-(of) the / -s). See Dan (“Dan, Danny”) for more.

Proper noun

Dani m (definite Dani)

1. nominative singular definite of Dan
2. genitive singular indefinite of Dan
3. dative singular indefinite of Dan
4. ablative singular indefinite of Dan

Hungarian

Etymology

Clipping and -i diminutive of Dániel (changing -á- to -a-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɒni]
• Hyphenation: Da‧ni
• Rhymes: -ni

Proper noun

Dani

1. a diminutive of the male given name Dániel

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Dani	Danik
accusative	Danit	Danikat
dative	Daninak	Daniknak
instrumental	Danival	Danikkal
causal-final	Daniért	Danikért
translative	Danivá	Danikká
terminative	Daniig	Danikig
essive-formal	Daniként	Danikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Daniban	Danikban
superessive	Danin	Danikon
adessive	Daninál	Daniknál
illative	Daniba	Danikba
sublative	Danira	Danikra
allative	Danihoz	Danikhoz
elative	Daniból	Danikból
delative	Daniról	Danikról
ablative	Danitól	Daniktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	Danié	Daniké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Daniéi	Danikéi

Possessive forms of Dani
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Danim	Danijaim
2nd person sing.	Danid	Danijaid
3rd person sing.	Danija	Danijai
1st person plural	Danink	Danijaink
2nd person plural	Danitok	Danijaitok
3rd person plural	Danijuk	Danijaik

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse danir, from Proto-Germanic *daniz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaːnɪ/

  Rhymes: -aːnɪ

Noun

Dani m (genitive singular Dana, nominative plural Danir)

1. Dane (person from Denmark or of Danish descent)

Further reading

• “Dani” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Anagrams

• andi

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *daniz.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.niː/, [ˈd̪äːniː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.ni/, [ˈd̪äːni]

Proper noun

Dānī m pl (genitive Dānōrum); second declension

1. (Late Latin) the Danes (natives of Denmark)
   • Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum

     Danorum Regum heroumque Historiae

     "History of the Kings and heroes of the Danes"

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Venantius Fortunatus to this entry?)

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Dānī
Genitive	Dānōrum
Dative	Dānīs
Accusative	Dānōs
Ablative	Dānīs
Vocative	Dānī

Derived terms

• Dānia
• Dānicus

References

• Dāni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 466/3.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Dani

1. a diminutive of the female given name Daniela
2. a diminutive of the male given name Daniel

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdani/ [ˈd̪a.ni]
• Rhymes: -ani
• Syllabification: Da‧ni

Proper noun

Dani m

1. a diminutive of the male given name Daniel

Proper noun

Dani f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Daniela