dàn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dan"

Mandarin

Alternative forms

  • dan — nonstandard

Pronunciation

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Romanization

dàn (dan4, Zhuyin ㄉㄢˋ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 亳
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 但
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 僤/𫢸
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啖
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啗
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啿
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 噉
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚪/𫫦
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 帎
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 弹
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 弾
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 彈/弹
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 惐
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 憚/惮
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 憺
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 担
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 擒
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 旦
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 暺
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 柦
  21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 氮
  22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 沊
  23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 淡
  24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 潬/𬈁
  25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 潭
  26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 澴
  27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 澹
  28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 狚
  29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疍
  30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疶
  31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癉/瘅
  32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癚
  33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 矲/𰦜
  34. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 禫
  35. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 窞
  36. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 腅
  37. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 膵
  38. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 舕
  39. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 萏
  40. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛋
  41. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蜏
  42. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蜑
  43. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蟹
  44. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 觛
  45. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 訑/𫍙
  46. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 詷/𫍣
  47. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 誕/诞
  48. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 诞
  49. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 贅/赘
  50. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 贊/赞
  51. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 赖
  52. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鉭/钽
  53. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 霮
  54. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 餢
  55. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 饏
  56. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 馾
  57. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 駳
  58. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 髧
  59. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鴠/𱉗
  60. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 黮

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd̥aːn/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dán m (“gift, bestowal, endowment, present; skill in applying the principles of a special science; science; skill applied to the material or subject-matter of art; artistic faculty, art; especially the poetic faculty; the art of poetry; poem, song, verse, rhyme; an industrial pursuit of a skilled nature; a craft, trade, business, office, calling, profession; a profession as represented by its practisers collectively, the members of a trade as a body; an occupation, function, business; an allotted task; a payment”).

Noun

dàn m (genitive singular dàin, plural dàin or dàna or dàintean)

  1. destiny, fate; decree, predestination
  2. poem, song; verse
  3. treasure
  4. work
Derived terms
  • dàn an àir m (“the song of battle”)
  • Dàn Sholaimh m (“the Song of Solomon”)
  • dàn-aoghaireil m (“pastoral poem”)
  • dàn-cluiche m (“dramatic poem”)
  • dàn-cruite m (“lyric poem”)
  • dàn-mór m (“epic poem”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish dána, from Old Irish dánae, according to Stokes, from the root of sense 1 above.

Adjective

dàn

  1. bold, daring, intrepid, resolute
  2. confident, audacious, presumptuous, forward, impudent

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “dàn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

Verb

dàn • (𢵧)

  1. to put in order, to arrange
  2. to display

See also

Derived terms

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