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drāna

drāna

See also: drānā

Latvian

Drāna

Noun

drāna f (4th declension)

  1. fabric (cloth, material made of fibers)
    vilnas, zīda, linu drāna‎ ― wool, slik, linen cloth
    aizkaru drāna‎ ― curtain cloth
    rūtota drāna‎ ― checked fabric
  2. piece of cloth, handkerchief
    kabatas drāna‎ ― pocket handkerchief
  3. (only plural) clothes, garments
    ģērbties gaišās drānās‎ ― to dress in bright clothes

Declension

Synonyms

  • (fabric): audums
  • (clothes): drēbe

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “drāna”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *der-, *dr- ‎(“to tear, rip, split”) (whence also dīrāt ‎(“to skin, flay”)), with a suffix *-eh₂, yielding *dr-eh₂ > drā-, and another suffix, either *-no-/*-nā-, or (according to Pokorny) *-p-an, with the p later reducing to zero (but still conserved in the Lithuanian and Sanskrit cognates). The semantic evolution was problably: “to skin” > “skin, fur” > “fabric”. Cognates include Lithuanian drãpana ‎(“clothes, costume”) (dialectal also “handkerchief”, “piece of cloth”), Sanskrit द्रापिः ‎(drāpíḥ, “coat, attire”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [drāːna]

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