دانه
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɑːˈnɛ/, /tɑːˈnɛ/
Noun
دانه • (tane)
- pip, seed, kernel, grain, berry of any fruit or grain
- seed, grain in bulk
- single fruits that have separated from a larger bulk
- daily bread, food
- bait in a trap if remotely grain-formed
- bead, perl
- bullet, dot, projectile, ball of a rifle, cannonball
- ember, spark (دانه آتش (tane ateş))
- piece, item, shtick
Descendants
Pashto
Etymology
From Classical Persian دانه (dāna).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɑˈna/
Noun
دانه • (dâna) f
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
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /daː.ˈna/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ɑː.ná]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ɒː.né]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ɔ.ná]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | dāna |
| Dari reading? | dāna |
| Iranian reading? | dâne |
| Tajik reading? | dona |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Classifier
دانه • (dāna / dâne) (Tajik spelling дона)
- generic classifier for units or pieces of an object.
- «چند دانه سیب مانده؟» «دو دانه.»
- “čand dāna sēb mānda?” “du dāna.” / “čand dâne sib mânde?” “do dâne.”
- "How many apples are left?" "Two."
Noun
دانه • (dāna / dâne) (Tajik spelling дона)
- grain (seed of grass food crops)
- grain (grass food crops)
- seed (propagative portion of a plant)
- berry
- (medicine) granulation (granulated tissue)
- semen
Related terms
- دانهدانه (dāna-dāna / dâne-dâne)
Descendants
- → Gulf Arabic: دَانَة (dāna)
- → Azerbaijani: dənə
- → Armenian: դա̈նա̈ (dänä)
- → Bashkir: дана (dana)
- → Hindustani:
- → Bengali: দানা (dana)
- → Kazakh: дана (dana)
- → Nepali: दाना (dānā)
- → Pashto: دانه (dâna)
- → Punjabi: ਦਾਣਾ (dāṇā)
- → Rajbanshi: दाना (dānā)
- → Tatar: данә (danä)
- → Ottoman Turkish: دانه (tane)
Further reading
- Bulkin, Carleton (2012), “دانه”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “دانه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- 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