दान دان ♣ Eng. date, donation

दान دان ♣ Eng. date, donation

[dān], m. a gift, donation, charity, alms.

[◀MIA: Pa. dāna- n. ‘giving, gift’ ◀OIA dā́na- n. ‘giving, gift’ RV. <√dā ‘give’ ◀PIE *dō- : dǝ-, & dō-u- : dǝu- : du- ‘to give’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. date, donation, dowry, dose ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0502; (Turner, 1966) 6265, p.357; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 318; (MW, 1899) 0473; (Pokorny, 1959) 0223; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.718, 1.713