Дон

• IPA^(key): [dɔn]

Дон • (Don) m (relational adjective донски)

1. Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia, flowing 1160 miles to the Sea of Azov)
2. a transliteration of the English male given name Don

• IPA^(key): [don]

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Old East Slavic Донъ (Donŭ), perhaps from Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬥𐬎 (dānu, “river”), from Proto-Iranian *dānu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáHnu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu.

Cognate with Ukrainian Дін (Din), Ancient Greek Τάναϊς (Tánaïs), Ossetian дон (don, “river”).

Дон • (Don) m inan (genitive До́на, relational adjective донско́й)

1. Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia, flowing 1160 miles to the Sea of Azov)

• Vasmer, Max (1950). Russisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in German). Heidelberg: Carl Winter.

Probably from the common Celtic river name Proto-Celtic *Dānu << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-, found in many other river names such as Danube, and Dniester. Connected with the Welsh river goddess Dôn, whose name is from the same origin, though it could have been influenced by Welsh dawn (“gift”), Irish dán (“gift, offering”), Latin dōnum.

Дон • (Don) m inan (genitive До́на)

1. a transliteration of the English male given name Don

• IPA^(key): [dɔn]

Old East Slavic Донъ (Donŭ), perhaps from Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬥𐬎 (dānu, “river”), from Proto-Iranian *dānu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáHnu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu.

Cognate with Russian Дон (Don), Ancient Greek Τάναϊς (Tánaïs), Ossetian дон (don, “river”).

Дон • (Don) m inan (genitive До́на, uncountable, relational adjective донськи́й)

1. Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia, flowing 1160 miles to the Sea of Azov)

Probably from the common Celtic river name Proto-Celtic *Dānu << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-, found in many other river names such as Danube, and Dniester. Connected with the Welsh river goddess Dôn, whose name is from the same origin, though it could have been influenced by Welsh dawn (“gift”), Irish dán (“gift, offering”), Latin dōnum.

Дон • (Don) m inan (genitive До́на, uncountable)

1. a transliteration of the English male given name Don