どん

See also: とん and ドン

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dõ̞ɴ]

Noun

どん • (don) 

  1. A sound made by one object hitting another. Thud; bang; thump.
  2. A word used to indicate the start of a race or competition.

Etymology 2

Shift from 殿(どの) (-dono, honorific suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dõ̞ɴ]

Suffix

どん • (-don) 

  1. (Kagoshima, honorific, dialect) synonym of さん (-san)

Etymology 3

Strengthened form of ど (do-, “very; super”, intensifying prefix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dõ̞ɴ]

Prefix

どん • (don-) 

  1. extremely; super
Derived terms
  • どんじり (donjiri)
  • どん底(ぞこ) (donzoko, “(the) very bottom”)
  • どん詰(づ)まり (donzumari, “(the) very end; dead end”)
  • どんじまい (donjimai)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “どん”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
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