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دان

دان

Arabic

Verb

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

  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

References


Kurdish

Etymology

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

Verb

دان (transliteration needed)

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


This Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at give. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see دان in the Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) December 2007


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

  • دون (dun) (eye-dialect)

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