دن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Aramaic דַּנָּא / ܕܰܢܳܐ (dannā, “wine jug, vat”), from Akkadian 𒂁𒆗𒉡 (/⁠dannu⁠/, “storage vat mostly for storing beer and wine”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dann/

Noun

دَنّ • (dann) m (plural دِنَان (dinān))

  1. wine jug
    • a. 570, about when المُرَقِّش الْأَصْغَر (al-muraqqiš al-ʔaṣḡar) died, with this also quoted in الأعشى [al-ʾaʿšā] (a. 625) Geyer, Rudolf, editor, Zwei Gedichte von Al-ʾAʿšâ (Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse; 149/6)‎ (in German), volume Mâ Bukâʾu, Wien: In Kommission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, published 1905, page 65
      كـَأَنَّ فَاهَا (var. فِيهَا) عـُقَارًا قَرْقَفًا (var. عـُقَارٌ قَرْقَفٌ) نُشَّ (var. سُنَّ) مِنَ الدَنِّ فَالْكَأْسُ رَذُوم
      kaʔanna fāhā (var. fīhā) ʕuqāran qarqafan (var. ʕuqārun qarqafun) nušša (var. sunna) mina d-danni fa-l-kaʔsu raḏūm
      As if her mouth were a gassing hooch … poured from the jug so the stoop was about to overflow
Declension
Declension of noun دَنّ (dann)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دَنّ
dann		 الدَّنّ
ad-dann		 دَنّ
dann
Nominative دَنٌّ
dannun		 الدَّنُّ
ad-dannu		 دَنُّ
dannu
Accusative دَنًّا
dannan		 الدَّنَّ
ad-danna		 دَنَّ
danna
Genitive دَنٍّ
dannin		 الدَّنِّ
ad-danni		 دَنِّ
danni
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دَنَّيْن
dannayn		 الدَّنَّيْن
ad-dannayn		 دَنَّيْ
dannay
Nominative دَنَّانِ
dannāni		 الدَّنَّانِ
ad-dannāni		 دَنَّا
dannā
Accusative دَنَّيْنِ
dannayni		 الدَّنَّيْنِ
ad-dannayni		 دَنَّيْ
dannay
Genitive دَنَّيْنِ
dannayni		 الدَّنَّيْنِ
ad-dannayni		 دَنَّيْ
dannay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دِنَان
dinān		 الدِّنَان
ad-dinān		 دِنَان
dinān
Nominative دِنَانٌ
dinānun		 الدِّنَانُ
ad-dinānu		 دِنَانُ
dinānu
Accusative دِنَانًا
dinānan		 الدِّنَانَ
ad-dināna		 دِنَانَ
dināna
Genitive دِنَانٍ
dinānin		 الدِّنَانِ
ad-dināni		 دِنَانِ
dināni

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /din/
  • IPA(key): /din.na/

Verb

دِنْ • (din) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of دَانَ (dāna)

Verb

دِنَّ • (dinna) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine plural active imperative of دَانَ (dāna)
  2. third-person feminine plural past active of دَانَ (dāna)
  3. third-person feminine plural past passive of دَانَ (dāna)

References

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu دن (din), ultimately from Sanskrit दिन (dina).

Noun

دن • (din) m (Standard Gujarati દિન) (Lisan ud-Dawat)

  1. day
    Synonyms: دھاڑو (dahāṛo), ديوس (dīvas)

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit दिन (diná), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dyew-.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪ɪn/
  • Audio (PK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

دِن • (din) m (Hindi spelling दिन)

  1. day
  2. daytime

Declension
Declension of دن
singular plural
direct دن (din) دن (din)
oblique دن (din) دنوں (dinō̃)
vocative دن (din) دنو (dinō)

See also
Days of the week in Urdu · ہَفْتے کے دِن (hafte ke din) (layout · text)
اِتْوَار (itvār) پِیر (pīr) مَن٘گَل (maṅgal) بُدھ (budh) جُمِعْرات (jumi'rāt) جُمْعَہ (jum'a) ہَفْتَہ (hafta)

Further reading
  • “دن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “دن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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