दान

From Sanskrit दान (dāna).

दान • (dān) m

1. gift, offering, something given

Borrowed from Sanskrit दान (dāná).

दान (dāna) n

1. gift

दान n

1. Devanagari script form of dāna

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃nom (“gift”), from *deh₃- (“to give”) (whence ददाति (dádāti, “to give”)). Cognate with Latin dōnum (“gift”) and Old Irish dán (“poem”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑ́ː.n̪ɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɑː.n̪ɐ/

दान • (dā́na) n

1. gift, alms, donation
2. generosity, giving
3. (Buddhism, Hinduism) the practice of cultivating generosity; dana
   • Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, 5.2.3 (c. 700 BC):

     तदेतत्त्रयँ शिक्षेद् दमं दानं दयामिति

     tadetattrayam̐ śikṣed damaṃ dānaṃ dayāmiti

     Learn three cardinal virtues - self restraint, charity and compassion for all life.

• अन्नदान (annadāna)
• गोदान (godāna)

• Indonesian: dana
• Khmer: ទាន (tiənĕəʾ)
• Lao: ທານ (thān)
• Malay: dana (“fund”)
• Pali: dāna
  • Thai: ทาน (taan)

From √dā, variant of √do ("divide, cut, reap, mow"). Cognate to Ancient Greek δαίω (daíō, “to divide”).

दान • (dā́na) n

1. cutting off, splitting, dividing
2. pasture, meadow

• Monier Williams (1899), “दान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 474/1.