дон

From Proto-Permic [Term?], cognate to Udmurt дун (dun).

дон • (don)

1. price

From earlier *дан (*dan) (attested in placenames, and compare Jassic dan) with a → o before a nasal, from Proto-Iranian *dānu (compare Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬥𐬎‎ (dānu, “river”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dānu (compare Sanskrit दानु (dānu, “drop, dew”)).

дон • (don) (Iron plural дæттæ, Digor plural дæнттæ)

1. water
2. river
3. juice

• Bigulajev, B. B.; Gagkajev, K. Je.; Kulajev, N. X.; Tuajeva, O. N. (1970), “дон”, in Kasajev A. M., editor, Osetinsko-russkij slovarʹ [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”
• Taqazty, Fedar (2003), “дон”, in Digoron-urussag ʒurdwat [Digor–Russian Dictionary], Vladikavkaz: Alania
• Abajev, V. I. (1958) Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, pages 366—367
• Fridrik Thordarson, Ossetic Grammatical Studies (2009)

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дон • (don) m anim or m inan (genitive до́на, nominative plural до́ны, genitive plural до́нов)

1. don (Spanish or Italian title of respect)
2. dong, bong (sound of a bell)

• Дон (Don) (река́ (reká))