dana

• dāna, daana

Transliteration of Sanskrit दान (dāna) or Pali dāna.

dana (uncountable)

1. The virtue of generosity or giving, a form of alms, in Indian philosophy.

• A-DNA, ANDA, Anda, NDAA, aDNA, nada

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From Proto-Turkic *tāna.

dana (definite accusative dananı, plural danalar)

1. calf

• → Lezgi: дана (dana)

Contraction of dayna

dana (dialectal)

1. modal particle indicating certainty or reassurance

   Synonym: də

   -Mənə pul ver!
   -Verdim dana!!

   Give me money!
   - But I've [already] given [you money]!!

2. intensifier already

   Synonym: də

   Gəl çıx dana! ― Will you come out already!

Borrowed from Classical Persian دانا.

dana (comparative danatər) (Classical Azerbaijani)

1. wise, knowledgeable

   Synonyms: bilici, arif

   • 1864, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, Kəmalüdövlənin əvvəlinci məktubu; quoted in Axundzadə M.F. Əsərləri. Üç cilddə., 2005, page 45:

     Və külli-əhli-İran elə zənn edir ki, onlardan danatər aləmdə heç taifə yoxdur.

     And the entire population of Iran thinks that there is no people in the world more knowledgeable than themselves.

• “dana” in Obastan.com.

• IPA^(key): /danə/
• Hyphenation: da‧na

Unknown.

dana (Balinese script ᬤᬦ)

1. sick

From Sanskrit दान (dāna, “giving, alms”).

dana (Balinese script ᬤᬵᬦ)

1. giving, alms

From Sanskrit धन (dhana, “wealth”), from Sanskrit धन्य (dhanya).

dana (Balinese script ᬥᬦ)

1. wealth

Unknown.

dana (Balinese script ᬥᬵᬦ)

1. self

dano +‎ -a

• IPA^(key): /ˈdana/

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: dan‧a

dana (accusative singular danan, plural danaj, accusative plural danajn)

1. Danish
2. (la dana) clipping of la dana lingvo (“the Danish language”)

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdana/ [ˈda.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: da‧na

From Malay dana, from Classical Malay dana, from Sanskrit धन (dhana, “money”).

dana (plural dana-dana)

1. fund (a sum or source of money)
2. cost (amount of money that is required or used)

   Synonym: biaya

From Malay dana, from Classical Malay dana, from Sanskrit दान (dāna, “generosity, giving”).

dana (plural dana-dana)

1. (archaic) generosity, giving

   Synonyms: pemberian, hadiah, derma

• “dana” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

dana

1. romanization of ꦢꦤ

Borrowed from Middle Low German danne.^[1] Compare Slovincian dana.

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: da‧na

dana f

1. fir (genus Abies)

• IPA^(key): [ˈdana]

dana

1. nominative singular feminine of dany

dana

1. pus

Borrowed from Sanskrit दान (dāna).

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈdanə/ [ˈda.nə]
  • Rhymes: -anə, -ə
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈdana/ [ˈda.na]
  • Rhymes: -ana, -a
• Hyphenation: da‧na

dana (Jawi spelling دانا, plural dana-dana)

1. fund

• > Indonesian: dana (inherited)

• “dana” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• dano (archaic)

From Old Irish dano.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdana/

dana (always postpositive)

1. used to indicate that a clause contains an inference from what goes before: then, therefore
   • c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:

     I n‑oen uair dana tancatar ocus techta Conchobair mic Nessa do chungid in chon chetna.

     At the same time, then, messengers came also from Conchobar Mac Nessa to ask for the same dog.

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “danó, dano”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

dana

1. genitive plural of danir

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: da‧na

Univerbation of da +‎ na

dana

1. (Lasovia) used to express joy

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dana

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of dany

• dana in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Oskar Kolberg (1865) “dana”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 261

• Rhymes: -ɐnɐ

dana

1. inflection of danar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

dȃna

1. genitive singular of dan

dánā

1. genitive plural of dan

From *-jítana, an associative form from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́ta (“to call”).

-dáná (infinitive kudáná)

1. (Karanga, Zezuru) call, summon

   Synonym: -daidza

• IPA^(key): /ˈdana/
• Hyphenation: da‧na

dana m 

1. color
2. beauty

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 81

Borrowed from Middle Low German danne. Compare Kashubian dana.

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: da‧na

dana f

1. fir (genus Abies)

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “dą̃nă”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 171

• IPA^(key): /ˈdana/ [ˈd̪a.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: da‧na

dana f (plural danas)

1. alternative letter-case form of DANA
   • 2024 November 8, Martí Domínguez, “Cuando ni las piedras hablan”, in El País‎^[2]:

     En cualquier caso, la culpabilidad del gobierno de Carlos Mazón en la nefasta gestión de la dana es incuestionable, y todos sus intentos y los de sus adláteres mediáticos de culpar a otros organismos del Estado (como la Aemet, la Confederación Hidrográfica del Júcar, etcétera) serían irrisorios si no fatigasen la infamia, que diría Jorge Luis Borges.

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Borrowed from Danish danne, from Middle Low German dan (past participle of don), from Proto-Germanic *dōną. Cognate of German tun and English do.

dana (present danar, preterite danade, supine danat, imperative dana)

1. to shape, to create, to educate

• omdana
• nydana

• danare
• daning

• dana in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dana in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dana in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• dana in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• anad, anda

From Proto-Turkic *tāna.

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dana (definite accusative danayı, plural danalar)

1. calf (young of cattle)

• “dana”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-dana^?

1. (intransitive) to disappoint

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

dana

1. old (of objects)

From dá (“to create”) +‎ iná (“fire”).

• IPA^(key): /dá.nã́/

dáná

1. (intransitive) to cook

   Synonym: sè

2. (literal) to start a fire

• when to cook is transitive use sè

From -de (“long, tall”) +‎ -ana (diminutive).

IPA^(key): /daːna/

-dana

1. alternative form of -jana

• -danyana

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

IPA^(key): /daːna/

-dana

1. to become sad

   Synonym: -dabuka

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-dana”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-dana”
• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-dana”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-dana (6.3)”