Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/dáHnam

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *déh₃nom.

Noun

*dáHnam n [1]

gift

Declension

neuter a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dáHnam	*dáHnay	*dáHnaH
vocative	*dáHnam	*dáHnay	*dáHnaH
accusative	*dáHnam	*dáHnay	*dáHnaH
instrumental	*dáHnā	*dáHnaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*dáHnāyš
ablative	*dáHnāt	*dáHnaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*dáHnaybʰyas
dative	*dáHnāy	*dáHnaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*dáHnaybʰyas
genitive	*dáHnasya	*dáHnayās	*dáHnāna(H)m
locative	*dáHnay	*dáHnayaw	*dáHnayšu

Related terms

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *dáHnam
- Sanskrit: दान (dā́na)
  - Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀤𑀸𑀦 (dāna) (Girnar)
    - Magadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
      - Sylheti: ꠖꠣꠘ (dan)
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀤𑀸𑀦 (dāna)
    - Gurjar Apabhramsa: [Term?]
      - Old Gujarati: दाण
        Gujarati: દાણ (dāṇ)
    - Sauraseni Apabhramsa: [Term?]
      - Old Hindi: दान (dāna)
        Braj: दान (dān)
        Hindi: दान (dān)
  - Pali: dāna
    - → Burmese: ဒါန (dana.)
    - → Mon: ဒါန်
    - → Thai: ทาน (taan)
  - → Balinese: ᬤᬵᬦ (dana)
  - → Khmer: ទាន (tiənĕəʾ)
  - → Lao: ທານ (thān)
  - → Malay: dana
    - Indonesian: dana
  - → Middle Chinese: 旦那 (MC tɑn^H nɑ), 檀那 (MC dɑn nɑ)
    - Chinese: 檀那
      Mandarin: 檀那 (tánnà)
    - → Japanese: 旦那 (danna)
  - → Old Gujarati: दान (dāna)
Iranian: *dáHnam
- Avestan: *𐬛𐬁𐬥𐬀‎ (*dāna) (in personal names)

References

Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “dāná-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

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[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “dāná-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University