दान
Sanskrit
noun
Definitions
- gift, alms, donation
- generosity, giving
- (Buddhism) the practice of cultivating generosity; dana
Etymology
Suf from Sanskrit दा (give) inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáHnam inherited from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃nom (gift).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*déh₃nom
Gloss
gift
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dana English
- dono Latin
- dōnum Latin
- dono Italian
- *deh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *dé-deh₃-ti, *dédeh₃ti Proto-Indo-European
- *dédeh₃ti Proto-Indo-European
- *déh₃nom Proto-Indo-European
- 旦那 Japanese
- गो Sanskrit
- गोदान Sanskrit
- दा Sanskrit
- दाता Sanskrit
- दानिनी Sanskrit
- दानिन् Sanskrit
- धन Sanskrit
- प्रदाता Sanskrit
- विदा Sanskrit
- dán Irish
- don Old French
- do Catalan, Valencian
- दान Hindi
- दानी Hindi
- प्रदान Hindi
- बलिदान Hindi
- सिंदूरदान Hindi
- դանակ Armenian
- ทาน Thai
- dana Indonesian
- դանակ Old Armenian
- dán Old Irish
- dàn Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- dana Malay
- ဒါန Burmese
- *dānus Proto-Celtic
- 檀那 Chinese
- dā Pali
- dāna Pali
- ādāna Pali
- *dáHnam Proto-Indo-Iranian
- don Occitan
- *dōnom Proto-Italic
- *dā- Proto-Iranian
- dāna Old Khmer
- दान Old Gujarati
- ᬤᬵᬦ Balinese
- ꠖꠣꠘ Sylheti