دانه

See also: دانہ and دانة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian دانه (dâne).

Pronunciation

Noun

دانه • (tane)

  1. pip, seed, kernel, grain, berry of any fruit or grain
  2. seed, grain in bulk
  3. single fruits that have separated from a larger bulk
  4. daily bread, food
  5. bait in a trap if remotely grain-formed
  6. bead, perl
  7. bullet, dot, projectile, ball of a rifle, cannonball
  8. ember, spark (دانه آتش (tane ateş))
  9. piece, item, shtick

Descendants

  • Turkish: tane
  • Armenian: թանե (tʻane)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: та̏не
    Latin script: tȁne

Pashto

Etymology

From Classical Persian دانه (dāna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɑˈna/

Noun

دانه • (dânaf

  1. piece
  2. grain

Persian

Etymology

    Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭠𐭭𐭪 (dʾnk' /⁠dānag⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *daHnáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰaHnáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰoHnéh₂. Cognate with Baluchi دانگ (dànag, pimple). Doublet of دانگ.

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? dāna
    Dari reading? dāna
    Iranian reading? dâne
    Tajik reading? dona
    • Audio (Iran):(file)

    Noun

    دانه • (dâne)

    1. grain
    2. seed
    3. berry
    4. semen
    • دانه‌دانه (dâne-dâne)

    Descendants

    References

    • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دانه+dāna”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
    • Vullers, Johann August (1855) “دانه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[1] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 804a