dāna

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dana"

English edit

Noun edit

dāna (uncountable)

Alternative spelling of dana

Anagrams edit

A-DNA, ANDA, Anda, NDAA, aDNA, nada

Old Javanese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit दान (dā́na, “gift, alms, donation; generosity, giving”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /da.na/
Rhymes: -na
Homophone: dhana
Hyphenation: dha‧na

Noun edit

dāna

giving
donation, gift

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

> Javanese: ꦢꦤ (dana) (inherited)

Further reading edit

"dāna" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Alternative forms

𑀤𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
दान (Devanagari script)
দান (Bengali script)
දාන (Sinhalese script)
ဒါန or ၻႃၼ (Burmese script)
ทาน or ทานะ (Thai script)
ᨴᩤᨶ (Tai Tham script)
ທານ or ທານະ (Lao script)
ទាន (Khmer script)
𑄘𑄂𑄚 (Chakma script)

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit दान (dā́na) or re-formed from dā +‎ -ana.

Noun edit

dāna n

Declension edit

Declension table of "dāna" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	dānaṃ	dānāni
Accusative (second)	dānaṃ	dānāni
Instrumental (third)	dānena	dānehi or dānebhi
Dative (fourth)	dānassa or dānāya or dānatthaṃ	dānānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dānasmā or dānamhā or dānā	dānehi or dānebhi
Genitive (sixth)	dānassa	dānānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dānasmiṃ or dānamhi or dāne	dānesu
Vocative (calling)	dāna	dānāni

Descendants edit

→ Burmese: ဒါန (dana.)
→ Khmer: ទាន (tiən)
→ Lao: ທານ (thān)
→ Mon: ဒါန်
→ Thai: ทาน (taan)

References edit

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “dāna”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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