دانه

See also: دانہ and دانة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian دانه (dâne).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɑːˈnɛ/, /tɑːˈnɛ/

Noun

دانه • (tane)

  1. pip, seed, kernel, grain, berry of any fruit or grain
  2. seed, grain in bulk
  3. single fruits that have separated from a larger bulk
  4. daily bread, food
  5. bait in a trap if remotely grain-formed
  6. bead, perl
  7. bullet, dot, projectile, ball of a rifle, cannonball
  8. ember, spark (دانه آتش (tane ateş))
  9. piece, item, shtick

Descendants

  • Turkish: tane
  • Armenian: թանե (tʻane)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: та̏не
    Latin script: tȁne

Pashto

Etymology

From Classical Persian دانه (dāna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɑˈna/

Noun

دانه • (dânaf

  1. piece
  2. grain

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

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? dāna
    Dari reading? dāna
    Iranian reading? dâne
    Tajik reading? dona
    • Audio (Iran):(file)

    Classifier

    دانه • (dāna / dâne) (Tajik spelling дона)

    1. 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)

    1. grain (seed of grass food crops)
    2. grain (grass food crops)
    3. seed (propagative portion of a plant)
    4. berry
    5. (medicine) granulation (granulated tissue)
    6. semen
    • دانه‌دانه (dāna-dāna / dâne-dâne)

    Descendants

    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