دان

Arabic

Etymology

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

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to hold religion.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • كَمَا تَدِينُ تُدَانُ (kamā tadīnu tudānu, proverb)

References


Kurdish

Etymology

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

Verb

دان (dan)

  1. give (transfer the possession of something to someone else)


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Malay

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dan/
  • Rhymes: -dan, -an

Conjunction

دان (Rumi spelling dan)

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

Descendants

  • Indonesian: dan

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian dʾn' (dān), from Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰoHnéh₂.

Alternative forms

Noun

دان (dân)

  1. grain

Derived terms

  • دانه (dâne)
  • دان‌دان (dân-dân)

References

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian -dʾn' (-dān).

Alternative forms

  • ـدون (-dun) (eye-dialect)

Suffix

ـدان (-dân)

  1. holder, container

Derived terms

See also

  • Category:Persian words suffixed with ـدان
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