# dan
## Translingual
### Symbol

dan
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Danish.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Danish terms

## English
### Etymology 1

From Middle English dan, daun, dam (“lord”), from Anglo-Norman daun, daunz and Old French dan, dam, from Latin dominus. Doublet of don.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dæn/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -æn

#### Noun

dan
* (obsolete) A title of honour or respect similar to "master" or "Sir", used of historical and legendary figures of the past.
** 1578, George Gascoigne, “A Moonshine Banquet”, in A Hundred Sundry Flowers:Dan Phoebus, he with many a low'ring look / Had her beheld in yore in angry wise.
** 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:Old Dan Geoffrey, in whose gentle spright / The pure well-head of Poesy did dwell.
** c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):This senior-junior, giant-dwarf, dan Cupid.
** 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence: […], London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:The patriarchal age, / What time Dan Abraham left the Chaldee land.
** 1777, James Perry, The Electrical Eel; or, Gymnotus Electricus:He did—and in a moment press'd / The place—in Paradise the best, / As by Dan Moses said.
** 1842, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, A Dream of Fair Women:Dan Chaucer, the first warbler, whose sweet breath / Preluded those melodious bursts, that fill / The spacious times of great Elizabeth / With sounds that echo still.
** 1846, Terence McMahon Hughes, The Biliad:Dan Neptune says that "ere a twelvemonth pass, / The Senate shall to Ireland go to grass."
** 1962, A. D. Hope, The Ballad of Dan Homer:Oh, me' name is Dan Homer, I'm blind, as the Jews, / And I travels around with my head full av news.

##### Alternative forms

* Dan

### Etymology 2

Uncertain.

#### Noun

dan (plural dans)
* (mining) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.

##### See also

* corf

### Etymology 3

From Japanese 段 (dan).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dæn/, /dɑn/
* Rhymes: -æn, -ɑːn

#### Noun

dan (plural dans)
* A rank of black belt in martial arts.
    Hyponym: shodan
* Someone who has achieved a level of black belt.
    Hyponym: shodan

### Etymology 4

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 担 (dàn).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɑn/, /dæn/

#### Noun

dan (plural dans or dan)
* (units of measurement) Synonym of picul: a traditional unit of weight and mass.

### Etymology 5

Uncertain.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dæn/

#### Noun

dan (plural dans)
* A dan buoy.
** 1913, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers: 1909-1982, page 165:Carrying away of 25 great-lines, 3 dans, buoys, &c., of steam liner 'Star of the East' […]
** 1917, United States. Office of Naval Intelligence, O.N.I. Publications, page 17:Dumping dans. Dan buoys laid to mark a dumping ground. They are fitted with a topmark in the shape of a St. Andrews cross formed by battens 2 feet in length. Live dan. Dan buoy for which a […]

### Etymology 6
#### Preposition

dan
* Pronunciation spelling of than.
** 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport:It's easy. It's nothin'. It's less dan nothin'.

### See also

* dan bau
* dan dan noodles
* dan day
* dan nguyet
* dan nhi
* dan tranh
* dan ty ba

### Anagrams

* -and, ADN, AND, DNA, NAD, NDA, and, and-, dna, nad

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch dan.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

dan
* then

### Conjunction

dan
* than

## Antillean Creole
### Etymology

From French dent.

### Noun

dan
* (anatomy) tooth

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Proto-Common Turkic *taŋ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dɑn]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

dan (definite accusative danı, plural danlar)
* dawn
** 1924, Jafar Jabbarly, Ey dan ulduzu:Qaranlıq gecədə səni gözləyib, Durmaqdan yоruldum, ey dan ulduzu! Uzaq üfüqlərə göz gəzdirməkdən Az qala kоr оldum, ey dan ulduzu!I am weiry from staying awake, oh dawn star, As I've waited for you during dark nights! I nearly lost my sight, oh dawn star, From letting my eyes walk along distant horizons!

#### Related terms

* danna (“tomorrow”)

### Further reading

* “dan” in Obastan.com.

## Bambara
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dã˦]

#### Verb

dan
* to count
* to sow

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dã˨]

#### Verb

dan
* to pass beyond

### References

* 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

## Biem
### Noun

dan
* water

### References

* Heinrich Aufenanger, The great inheritance in Northeast New Guinea: a collection of anthropological data (1975)
* Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)

## Bonggo
### Noun

dan
* water

### References

* Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 128

## Catalan
### Verb

dan
* third-person plural present indicative of dar

## Cimbrian
### Etymology

From Middle High German dan, from Old High German dan, from Proto-West Germanic *þan (“then, at that time”). Cognate with German dann, English than. Doublet of dénne.

### Conjunction

dan
* (Sette Comuni) than
    Synonyms: bèdar, ken, kédar
    Ich limme libor diiza dan dòi. ― I'd rather take this than that.
    Dis is pessor dan des. ― This is better than that.

### References

* “dan” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

## Cornish
### Noun

dan
* Soft mutation of tan.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdan]
* Rhymes: -an

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese だん (dan).

#### Noun

dan m anim
* (martial arts) dan, master and teacher of judo, karate or other Japanese martial arts

##### Declension
#### Noun

dan m inan
* (martial arts) dan, master degree in judo and karate

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin Dania (“Denmark”).

#### Noun

dan m inan
* (geology) Danian, stage of Paleogene

##### Declension
### Anagrams

* And
* dna
* DNA
* nad

## Dongxiang
### Etymology

Compare Bonan dam, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *dām. Compare Turkish dam (“roof”), Uyghur تام (tam, “wall”), Salar tam, tām (“wall”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɑŋ/

### Noun

dan
* wall

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɑn/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: dan
* Rhymes: -ɑn

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dan, from Old Dutch than, from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan.

#### Adverb

dan
* then, at that time (in the future)
    Morgen wordt het beter weer, maar dan moet ik weer naar mijn werk.Tomorrow the weather will be better, but then I must go to work again.
* then, after that
    Eerst moet je je tanden poetsen, dan mag je naar bed.First you need to brush your teeth, then you may go to bed.
* then, in that case
    Als het niet had geregend of gesneeuwd had, dan moet de auto toch veilig zijn.If it had not rained or snowed, then the car must still be safe.

##### Usage notes

The adverb dan is often used in Dutch after an imperative with a preceding conditional clause:
* Als u de tijd hebt, bezoekt u dan in ieder geval de haven.If you have the time, then be sure to visit the harbour.

##### Synonyms

* (in the past) toen

##### Related terms

* nochtans

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: dan
* Berbice Creole Dutch: dana
* Negerhollands: dan
* Petjo: dan
* Skepi Creole Dutch: than
* → Sranan Tongo: dan
** → Kari'na: dan

#### Conjunction

dan
* than (in comparison)
    Ik ben ouder dan jij.I am older than you.

##### Synonyms

* als (non-standard)

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: dan
* Negerhollands: dan

#### Preposition

dan
* but, except
    Niets dan liefde.Nothing but love.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 段.

#### Noun

dan c (plural dans)
* unit of grading proficiency of black belt or greater than black-belt in Japanese martial arts

### Anagrams

* DNA

## Fanamaket
### Noun

dan
* water

### References

* Frantisek Lichtenberk, Sequentiality-Futurity Links, Oceanic Linguistics 53:1 (2014), pages 61-91

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 段 (dan), from Chinese 段 (duàn).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dan/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

dan m (plural dans)
* dan

### Further reading

* “dan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Verb

dan
* third-person plural present indicative of dar

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French dent (“tooth”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dã/

### Noun

dan
* tooth

## Iban
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dahan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqan (“branch, bough”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dan/

### Noun

dan
* branch (part of plant)

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*daqan”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /dan/ [dan]
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: dan

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay dan, probably from dengan, or Proto-Malayic *dua(ʔ)-an.

#### Conjunction

dan
* and (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 段 (dan).

#### Noun

dan
* a rank in judo, karate and kenpo

## Japanese
### Romanization

dan
* Rōmaji transcription of だん

## Jassic
### Etymology

From Alanic *dan, from Proto-Scythian *dān, Proto-Iranian *dáHnu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáHnu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu. Cognate with Ossetian дон (don), Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬥𐬎 (dānu, “river”), Sanskrit दानु (dānu, “drop, dew”).

### Noun

dan
* water

### Further reading

* Fridrik Thordarson, Ossetic Grammatical Studies (2009)
* Magyarrá lett keleti népek (Viktor Szombathy, Gyula László; 1988), reproducing the only surviving wordlist

## Kis
### Noun

dan
* water

### References

* Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)

## Ladin
### Preposition

dan
* in front of, before

## Lavatbura-Lamusong
### Noun

dan
* water

#### Usage notes

Takes various 'article' prefixes, such as la-dan (in the Madak dialect) and e-dan (in other Lamusong dialects).

### Further reading

* Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
* Bob Lee, Noun Phrases in Madak

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dan/
* Rhymes: -dan, -an

### Conjunction

dan (Jawi spelling دان)
* and (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera)

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: dan

## Maltese
### Alternative forms

* dana, da

### Etymology

From Arabic ذَا (ḏā, “this, that”). The paragogic -n probably spread from the plural, where it originated by analogy with hawn (“here”) and/or with the plural ending -in (compare Algerian Arabic هادون (hādūn) alongside هادو (hādū)). Some earlier scholars instead suspected a connection with Aramaic דנה (dənā, “this, that”), but this was based on the widely obsolete theory of a Punic substratum in Maltese.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /daːn/

### Determiner

dan (feminine din, plural dawn)
* this

#### Usage notes

* May contract with the following article: dan ir-raġel → dar-raġel (“this man”). The full form is commoner, however, except in expressions like dax-xahar (“this month”).
* The feminine singular contracts to di-, the plural to da- like the masculine: dil-ġimgħa (“this week”), das-snin (“these years”).

#### Derived terms

* daxkien

#### Coordinate terms

* dak
* hedan, hedak

## Mandarin
### Romanization

dan
* Nonstandard spelling of dān.
* Nonstandard spelling of dǎn.
* Nonstandard spelling of dàn.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology

From French dans.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɑ̃/

### Preposition

dan
* in
* within

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology 1

From Old Dutch than, from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan.

#### Adverb

dan
* then, after that
* then, in that case
* thus, therefore

##### Descendants

* Dutch: dan

#### Conjunction

dan
* than (in comparisons)
* other than (with negation)

##### Descendants

* Dutch: dan

### Etymology 2
#### Contraction

dan
* Contraction of dat ne.

### Further reading

* “dan (V)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* “dan (VI)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “dan (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* dane, danz, daun, daunz, dawn
* (preceding labials) dam, dame, damp

### Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman daun, daunz and Old French dan, dam, from Latin dominus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dau̯n/, /dan/

### Noun

dan (uncountable)
* A respectful term of address for a (male) scholar, noble, or cleric.
* (literary, rare) A respectful term of address for a classical deity.
* (rare) A male noble or member of the clergy.

#### Descendants

* English: dan, Dan (obsolete)

#### References

* “daun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## North Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian thīn.

### Determiner

dan (feminine and neuter din, plural din) (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring)
* your, thy (second-person singular possessive determiner)

### Pronoun

dan (feminine and neuter din, plural (Föhr-Amrum) dinen or (Mooring) din) (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring)
* yours, thine (second-person singular possessive pronoun)

### See also

* The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts.
* At is not enclitic; it can stand in any unstressed position and refers mostly to things. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
* Dual forms wat / onk and jat / jonk are obsolete, as is feminine jü / hör.
* Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.
* The forms üsens, jamens, hörens are used optionally (and decreasingly) when the possessor is a larger community, such as a village, city or nation.
The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. Dual forms wat / unk and jat / junk are obsolete. Attributive and independent possessives are not distinguished in Mooring.
* The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts.
* Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
* The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects.
* Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.

## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dádaHti, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti, imperfective form of the root *deh₃-.

### Verb

dan
* to give, to grant, to provide with

#### Derived terms

* badan
* berdan
* dadan
* hildan
* vedan

## Northern Sami
### Determiner

dan
* accusative/genitive singular of dat

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse danr, from Proto-Germanic *danaz.

#### Alternative forms

* dane

#### Noun

dan m (definite singular danen, indefinite plural daner or danar, definite plural danene or danane)
* Dane (only used in names)

##### Related terms

* Danmark (“Denmark”)
* dansk (“Danish”)
Male given names:
* Dan
* Dane
* Danvard
* Danvid
* Halvdan
* Jordan
* Sigdan
* Vedan
Female given names:
* Dana
* Danfrid
* Danhild

### Etymology 2

From Middle Low German dān, past participle of dôn (“to do”). Akin to English done.

#### Adjective

dan (neuter dant, definite singular and plural dane, comparative danare, indefinite superlative danast, definite superlative danaste)
* eager
* lustful
* moved, impressed, especially by fear

### References

* Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 77
* “dan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
* “dan” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

## Plautdietsch
### Etymology

From Middle Low German dan, from Old Saxon than, from Proto-West Germanic *þan.

### Adverb

dan
* then (sequential), after that

## Polabian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dьnь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdan/

### Noun

dan m ?
* day

## Saterland Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian than, from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan. Cognates include West Frisian dan and German dann.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dan/
* Hyphenation: dan
* Rhymes: -an

### Adverb

dan
* then (in that case)

### Conjunction

dan
* for, since
** 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:21:Ju skäl n Súun bere; him skääst du dän Nome Jesus reke; dan hie skäl sien Foulk fon sien Sänden ferleze.She will bear a son; you will give him the name Jesus; for he will free his people from their sins.

### References

* Marron C. Fort (2015) “dan”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* den (Kajkavian)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьnь (“day”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dâːn/
* Rhymes: -âːn

### Noun

dȃn m (Cyrillic spelling да̑н)
* day

#### Derived terms

* dánju
* dȍbar dȃn
* dan i noć

#### See also

* dno

## Slavomolisano
### Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian dan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dâːn/

### Noun

dan m
* day
** 2010, Rino John Gliosca, Bonifacio en Amérique:E na dan, je čija baliže, e je vaza put za sa vrni doma.And one day he packed his suitcases and left to return home.

#### Declension
### References

* Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).

## Slovene
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *dьnь (“day”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dáːn/

#### Noun

dȃn m inan
* day
    Antonym: nọ̑č

##### Derived terms

* days of the week: dnévi v tédnu (appendix): ponedéljek · tôrek · sréda · četŕtek · pétek · sobóta · nedélja
* dọ́ber dȃn

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dàːn/

#### Participle

dán
* past passive participle of dáti

##### Inflection
### Further reading

* “dan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdan/ [ˈd̪ãn]
* Audio (Latin America):(file)
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: dan

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

dan m (plural danes)
* (martial arts) dan

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

dan
* third-person plural present indicative of dar

### Further reading

* “dan”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Sursurunga
### Noun

dan
* water

### References

* Malcolm Ross, Andrew Pawley, Meredith Osmond (editors), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: The physical environment, Pacific Linguistics, 545-2. Australian National University, Canberra, 2003, page 59

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* da'n

### Etymology 1

Clipping of dagen

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɑːn/

#### Noun

dan
* (colloquial) Contraction of dagen., definite singular of dag

##### Derived terms

* grabben hela dan

### Etymology 2

From Old Swedish dan, from Old Norse danir, from Proto-Germanic *daniz.

#### Noun

dan c
* (historical) Dane (inhabitant of ancient Denmark)

##### Usage notes

Typically plural.

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

The perfect participle of Middle Low German don, in other words: "done".

#### Adjective

dan (not comparable)
* (colloquial) constituted in a certain manner
    Han är märklig och danHe is strange and stuff (idiomatically, where it is close to a filler)

##### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

##### Derived terms

* halvdan
* hurdan
* likadan
* sådan

##### Related terms

* dana
* don

### References

* dan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* dan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* dan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* -nad, and

## Tarpia
### Noun

dan
* water

### References

* Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 128

## Volapük
### Noun

dan (uncountable dans)
* thanks

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

## Warembori
### Noun

dan
* water

### References

* Mark Donohue, Warembori, Lincom Europa, 1999

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dan/
* Rhymes: -an

### Etymology 1

Soft mutation of tan (“under”).

#### Preposition

dan (triggers soft mutation on a following noun)
* under
    Synonym: islaw
* (literary) Soft mutation of tan (“under”).
    Synonym: islaw

##### Usage notes

In literary Welsh, tan can mean both "under" and "until". In Welsh usage today, however, dan (originally the soft mutation of tan) has become a preposition in its own right with the meaning "under" whereas tan means "until", retaining the meaning "under" in certain expressions, compound words and place names. Modern dan or tan are not usually mutated. o dan is an alternative to dan.

##### Alternative forms

* o dan

##### Derived terms

* dan adain (“under the wing of, under the protection of”)
* dan anfantais (“disadvantaged”)
* dan bwysau (“under pressure”)
* dan din (“underhanded, deceitfully”)
* dan do (“indoors”)
* dan ddylanwad (“under influence”)
* dan glo (“under lock and key”)
* dan haul (“under the sun”)
* dan nawdd (“under the auspices of”)
* dan oed (“underage”)
* dan ofal (“under the care of”)
* dan sang (“crowded, packed”)
* dan warant (“under guarantee”)
* dan y don (“under the sea”)
* dan y gyfraith (“under the law”)
* dan y rhod (“under the sun”)
* dan ystyriaeth (“under consideration”)

#### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

dan
* (North Wales) first-person plural present colloquial of bod

##### Synonyms

* ydym, ŷm (literary)
* ŷn (South Wales)

#### Mutation

Dan does not mutate.

## Western Maninkakan
### Noun

dan
* border

## Wogeo
### Noun

dan
* (fresh) water

### References

* Mats Exter, Phonetik und Phonologie des Wogeo (2003), Arbeitspapier, Neue Folge 46, Colonha, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Köln, page 65
* Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* dẹn (Òǹkò)

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dã̄/

#### Verb

dan
* (transitive) to counteract or neutralize someone's charm or spell
    àwọn ológùn-ún dan araa wọn ― The men with ritual powers neutralized each other's spells

##### Derived terms

* ìdan
* ẹ̀dan (“neutralizing charm”)
* adan

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* dẹ́n (Òǹkò)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dã́/

#### Verb

dán
* (intransitive, copulative, stative, descriptive) to shine, to be smooth
    àwọ̀ ọ́ dán ― The skin is shining
* (transitive) to polish or shine something
* (transitive) to boast
    Synonyms: dánnu, janu
* (transitive) to scrape or smoothen something; to shave
    Synonym: fá
    ó dán orí rẹ̀ ― He shaved his head

##### Usage notes

* Sense 3 is primarily used in the form dánnu

##### Derived terms

* adán
* dánnu
* dánrí-dánrí (“one who shaves his head bald”)
* dídán (“polished/shining”)
* àdúmáadán (“someone dark-skinned and shining”)
* ìdán