dana

English Online Dictionary. What means dana‎? What does dana mean?

English

Alternative forms

• dāna, daana

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit दान (dāna) or Pali dāna.

Noun

dana (uncountable)

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

Translations

Anagrams

• A-DNA, ANDA, Anda, NDAA, aDNA, nada

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tāna.

Pronunciation

Noun

dana (definite accusative dananı, plural danalar)

1. calf

Declension

Descendants

• → Lezgi: дана (dana)

Further reading

• “dana” in Obastan.com.

Balinese

Romanization

dana

1. Romanization of ᬤᬦ
2. Romanization of ᬤᬵᬦ
3. Romanization of ᬥᬦ
4. Romanization of ᬥᬵᬦ

Esperanto

Etymology

dano +‎ -a

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdana]
• Audio:
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: dan‧a

Adjective

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

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

Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

dana (plural dana-dana, first-person possessive danaku, second-person possessive danamu, third-person possessive dananya)

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

   Synonym: biaya

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

dana (plural dana-dana, first-person possessive danaku, second-person possessive danamu, third-person possessive dananya)

1. (archaic) generosity, giving

   Synonyms: pemberian, hadiah, derma

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdana]

Participle

dana

1. nominative singular feminine of dany

Maguindanao

Noun

dana

1. pus

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit दान (dāna).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a

Noun

dana (Jawi spelling دانا‎, plural dana-dana, informal 1st possessive danaku, 2nd possessive danamu, 3rd possessive dananya)

1. fund

Descendants

• Indonesian: dana

Further reading

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

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• dano (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Irish dano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdana/

Particle

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, section 1, published in Irische Teste, vol. 1 (1880), edited by Ernst Windisch:

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “danó, dano”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Norse

Noun

dana

1. genitive plural of danir

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

dana

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of dany

Further reading

• dana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Verb

dana

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

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

dȃna

1. genitive singular of dan

Noun

dánā

1. genitive plural of dan

Shona

Etymology

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

Verb

-dáná (infinitive kudáná)

1. (Karanga, Zezuru) call, summon

   Synonym: -daidza

Sidamo

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dana m 

1. color
2. beauty

Declension

References

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

Spanish

Noun

dana f (uncountable)

1. Initialism of depresión aislada en niveles altos.

Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. to shape, to create, to educate

Conjugation

Derived terms

• omdana
• nydana

Related terms

• danare
• daning

References

• 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)

Anagrams

• anad, anda

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tāna.

Noun

dana (definite accusative danayı, plural danalar)

1. calf (young of cattle)

Declension

References

• dana in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

Xhosa

Etymology

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

Verb

-dana^?

1. (intransitive) to disappoint

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Yogad

Adjective

dana

1. old (of objects)

Yoruba

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dá.nã́/

Verb

dáná

1. (intransitive) to cook

   Synonym: sè

2. (literally) to start a fire

Usage notes

• when to cook is transitive use sè

Derived terms

Zulu

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /daːna/

Adjective

-dana

1. Alternative form of -jana

Inflection

Derived terms

• -danyana

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /daːna/

Verb

-dana

1. to become sad

   Synonym: -dabuka

Inflection

References

• 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)”