دونا

دونا (form II)

1. دَوَّنَا (dawwanā) /daw.wa.naː/: third-person masculine dual past active of دَوَّنَ (dawwana)
2. دَوَّنَّا (dawwannā) /daw.wan.naː/: first-person plural past active of دَوَّنَ (dawwana)
3. دُوِّنَا (duwwinā) /duw.wi.naː/: third-person masculine dual past passive of دَوَّنَ (dawwana)
4. دُوِّنَّا (duwwinnā) /duw.win.naː/: first-person plural past passive of دَوَّنَ (dawwana)
5. دَوِّنَا (dawwinā) /daw.wi.naː/: second-person dual imperative of دَوَّنَ (dawwana)

From the Persian verb دونستن (dunestan), from Middle Persian YDOYTWN-stn' (dānistan), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ānáHti, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti.

• IPA^(key): /downɒ/

دونا (transliteration needed)

1. knowing

   خدا دونا

   khoda downa.

   God knows.

2. smart

   کر دونای

   kowr e downa ye.

   He is a smart boy.

Inherited from Apabhramsa दूण (dūṇa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Prakrit 𑀤𑀼𑀉𑀡 (duuṇa), 𑀤𑀺𑀉𑀡 (diuṇa), from Sanskrit द्विगुण (dviguṇa).

دُوݨا (dūṇā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਦੂਣਾ)

1. double, twice

• شیراز ،طاہِر [Tahir, Shiraz] (2016) “دُونڑاں”, in شِیرازُ الْلُّغات: پوٹھوہارِی لُغَت [Pothohari Dictionary] (in Urdu), Peshawar: گَنْدھارا ہِنْدْکو اَکَیڈَمِی (gandhārā hindko akaiḍamī) [Gandhara Hindko Academy], →ISBN, page 297, column 2.

Inherited from Apabhramsa दूण (dūṇa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Prakrit 𑀤𑀼𑀉𑀡 (duuṇa), 𑀤𑀺𑀉𑀡 (diuṇa), from Sanskrit द्विगुण (dviguṇa).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪uː.nɑː/

دُونا • (dūnā) (Hindi spelling दूना)

1. double, twice

   Synonym: دُگنا (dugnā)

دُونا • (dūnā) (Hindi spelling दूना)

1. doubly, twofold

• “دونا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.