Dani
See also: Appendix:Variations of "dani"
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdæni/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -æni
Proper noun
Dani
- A diminutive of the female given name Danielle and of its variant forms.
- A rare spelling variant of Danny, diminutive of the male given name Daniel.
Etymology 2
- As an Italian, Slovak (Dáni), Romanian, and German surname, from diminutives of the given name Daniel.
- As an Albanian surname, from Dan, a short form of the Islamic name Ramadan.
- As an Indian surname, borrowed from Gujarati દાણી (dāṇī), from Sanskrit दानिन् (dānin, “giving, generous”).
Proper noun
Dani (plural Danis)
- A surname from Gujarati.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Dani is the 36337th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 616 individuals. Dani is most common among White (48.54%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (42.37%) individuals.
See also
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dani”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 409.
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology
From Dan (Dan) + -i (-(of) the / -s). See Dan (“Dan, Danny”) for more.
Proper noun
Dani m (definite Dani)
- nominative singular definite of Dan
- genitive singular indefinite of Dan
- dative singular indefinite of Dan
- ablative singular indefinite of Dan
Hungarian
Etymology
Clipping and -i diminutive of Dániel (changing -á- to -a-).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdɒni]
- Hyphenation: Da‧ni
- Rhymes: -ni
Proper noun
Dani
- a diminutive of the male given name Dániel
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Dani | Danik |
| accusative | Danit | Danikat |
| dative | Daninak | Daniknak |
| instrumental | Danival | Danikkal |
| causal-final | Daniért | Danikért |
| translative | Danivá | Danikká |
| terminative | Daniig | Danikig |
| essive-formal | Daniként | Danikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Daniban | Danikban |
| superessive | Danin | Danikon |
| adessive | Daninál | Daniknál |
| illative | Daniba | Danikba |
| sublative | Danira | Danikra |
| allative | Danihoz | Danikhoz |
| elative | Daniból | Danikból |
| delative | Daniról | Danikról |
| ablative | Danitól | Daniktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
Danié | Daniké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
Daniéi | Danikéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Danim | Danijaim (or Daniim) |
| 2nd person sing. | Danid | Danijaid (or Daniid) |
| 3rd person sing. | Danija | Danijai (or Danii) |
| 1st person plural | Danink | Danijaink (or Daniink) |
| 2nd person plural | Danitok | Danijaitok (or Daniitok) |
| 3rd person plural | Danijuk | Danijaik (or Daniik) |
Icelandic
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse danir, from Proto-Germanic *daniz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtaːnɪ/
- Rhymes: -aːnɪ
Noun
Dani m (genitive singular Dana, nominative plural Danir)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | Dani | Daninn | Danir | Danirnir |
| accusative | Dana | Danann | Dani | Danina |
| dative | Dana | Dananum | Dönum | Dönunum |
| genitive | Dana | Danans | Dana | Dananna |
Further reading
- “Dani” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *daniz.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdaː.niː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd̪aː.ni]
Proper noun
Dānī m pl (genitive Dānōrum); second declension
- (Late Latin) the Danes (natives of Denmark)
- Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum
- Danorum Regum heroumque Historiae
- "History of the Kings and heroes of the Danes"
- Danorum Regum heroumque Historiae
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Venantius Fortunatus to this entry?)
- Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Dānī |
| genitive | Dānōrum |
| dative | Dānīs |
| accusative | Dānōs |
| ablative | Dānīs |
| vocative | Dānī |
Derived terms
References
- Dāni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 466/3.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /daˈni/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /daˈni/
- Hyphenation: Da‧ni
Proper noun
Dani f (plural Danis)
- a diminutive of the female given name Daniela
Proper noun
Dani m (plural Danis)
- a diminutive of the male given name Daniel
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdani/ [ˈd̪a.ni]
- Rhymes: -ani
- Syllabification: Da‧ni
Proper noun
Dani m
- a diminutive of the male given name Daniel
Proper noun
Dani f
- a diminutive of the female given name Daniela