Don

See also: Appendix:Variations of "don"

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɒn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dɑn/
• Homophones: don; dawn (cot–caught merger)
• Rhymes: -ɒn

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Don

1. A diminutive of the male given names Donald or Gordon.

Derived terms

• Diaper Don
• Teflon Don
• Zion Don

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian Дон (Don). Known in Ancient Greece and Rome as Latin Tanais, Ancient Greek Τάναϊς (Tánaïs).

Proper noun

Don in Rostov oblast

the Don

1. A river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia. It flows 1870 kilometers (1160 miles) to the Sea of Azov.
   • 1613, Samuel Purchas, “[Asia.] Of the Tartarians, and of diuers Nations which they subdued; with their Pristine Rites.”, in Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discouered, from the Creation vnto this Present. […], London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, book IV (Of the Armenians, Medes, Persians, Parthians, Scythians, Tartarians, Chinois, and of Their Religions), page 339:

     Thence they marched againſt Orna, a Port Towne on the Riuer Don, where were many Gazarians, Alanians, Ruſſians, and Saracens, which he drowned with the Riuer running through the Citie, turning it out of the chanell.

Translations

river in European Russia

• Armenian: Դոն (hy) (Don)
• Belarusian: Дон m (Don)
• Bulgarian: Дон m (Don)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頓ひたすら河かわ／顿河 (zh) (Dùn Hé)

• Czech: Don (cs) m
• Dutch: Don m
• Finnish: Don (fi)
• Georgian: დონი (doni)
• German: Don (de) m
• Japanese: ドン川がわ (Don-gawa)
• Kalmyk: Тең (Teñ)
• Korean: 돈 강 (Don gang)
• Latin: Tanais m
• Macedonian: Дон m (Don)
• Old Irish: Dánaïm
• Persian: دن (fa) (don)
• Polish: Don (pl) m
• Portuguese: Don m
• Russian: Дон (ru) m (Don)
• Ukrainian: Дон m (Don)
• Written Oirat: ᡐᡄᡊ (teng)

See also

• Cossack

References

• Strabo, Geographica, 11.2.2.

Etymology 3

Probably from the common Celtic river name Proto-Celtic *Dānu << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-, found in many other river names such as Danube, and Dniester. Connected with the Welsh river goddess Dôn, whose name is from the same origin, though it could have been influenced by Welsh dawn (“gift”), Irish dán (“gift, offering”), Latin dōnum.

Proper noun

the Don

1. A river in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom, flowing 62 miles to the North Sea at Aberdeen.
2. A river in South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, on which Doncaster is situated.
3. A minor river in Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom, which joins the Tyne at Jarrow.
4. A river in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, named after the River Don in Yorkshire.

Alternative forms

• Dun (Yorkshire)

 

Synonyms

• Don River
• River Don

 

Derived terms

• Bridge of Don
• Don Valley
• DVP

 

Translations

river in Scotland

• Scottish Gaelic: Deathan

References

• Celtic Cosmology and the Otherworld: Mythic Origins, Sovereignty and Liminality, p. 97
• Llewellyn's Complete Book of Names for Pagans, Wiccans, Witches, Druids, Heathens, Mages, Shamans & Independent Thinkers of All Sorts who are Curious about Names from Every Place and Every Time, p. 178

Etymology 4

• As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Dunn.
• Also as an English and Scottish surname, from Dun, a place in Scotland.
• As an Italian surname, variant of Dono.
• As a Galician surname, from a nickname derived from don (“kindness, favor”).
• As a Hungarian surname, variant of Donát, Donath.
• As a French surname of Germanic origin, from the old name Dodo, see Dodier.
• Also as a French surname, from the place Don in Nord.
• As a Jewish surname, from a variant of Dan.
• As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 曾, see Zeng.
• As a Vietnamese surname Đôn, possibly from Chinese 敦あつし, see Dun.

Proper noun

Don

1. A surname

See also

• Don Bosco

Anagrams

• NOD, ODN, nod

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Don
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Proper noun

Don m

1. Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)

Finnish

Etymology

From Russian Дон (Don).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdon/, [ˈdo̞n]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification^(key): Don

Proper noun

Don

1. Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)

Declension

Inflection of Don (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Don	—
genitive		Donin	—
partitive		Donia	—
illative		Doniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Don	—
accusative	nom.	Don	—
	gen.	Donin
genitive		Donin	—
partitive		Donia	—
inessive		Donissa	—
elative		Donista	—
illative		Doniin	—
adessive		Donilla	—
ablative		Donilta	—
allative		Donille	—
essive		Donina	—
translative		Doniksi	—
abessive		Donitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Don (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Donini — accusative nom. Donini — gen. Donini genitive Donini — partitive Doniani — inessive Donissani — elative Donistani — illative Doniini — adessive Donillani — ablative Doniltani — allative Donilleni — essive Doninani — translative Donikseni — abessive Donittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Donisi — accusative nom. Donisi — gen. Donisi genitive Donisi — partitive Doniasi — inessive Donissasi — elative Donistasi — illative Doniisi — adessive Donillasi — ablative Doniltasi — allative Donillesi — essive Doninasi — translative Doniksesi — abessive Donittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Donimme — accusative nom. Donimme — gen. Donimme genitive Donimme — partitive Doniamme — inessive Donissamme — elative Donistamme — illative Doniimme — adessive Donillamme — ablative Doniltamme — allative Donillemme — essive Doninamme — translative Doniksemme — abessive Donittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Doninne — accusative nom. Doninne — gen. Doninne genitive Doninne — partitive Donianne — inessive Donissanne — elative Donistanne — illative Doniinne — adessive Donillanne — ablative Doniltanne — allative Donillenne — essive Doninanne — translative Doniksenne — abessive Donittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Doninsa — accusative nom. Doninsa — gen. Doninsa genitive Doninsa — partitive Doniaan Doniansa — inessive Donissaan Donissansa — elative Donistaan Donistansa — illative Doniinsa — adessive Donillaan Donillansa — ablative Doniltaan Doniltansa — allative Donilleen Donillensa — essive Doninaan Doninansa — translative Donikseen Doniksensa — abessive Donittaan Donittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Don m (proper noun, strong, genitive Dons or Don)

1. Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)

Noun

Don m

1. don (honorific title, especially in Spain and Italy)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdon]
• Rhymes: -on

Proper noun

Don

1. Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Don	—
accusative	Dont	—
dative	Donnak	—
instrumental	Donnal	—
causal-final	Donért	—
translative	Donná	—
terminative	Donig	—
essive-formal	Donként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Donban	—
superessive	Donon	—
adessive	Donnál	—
illative	Donba	—
sublative	Donra	—
allative	Donhoz	—
elative	Donból	—
delative	Donról	—
ablative	Dontól	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Doné	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Donéi	—

Possessive forms of Don
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Donom	—
2nd person sing.	Donod	—
3rd person sing.	Donja	—
1st person plural	Donunk	—
2nd person plural	Donotok	—
3rd person plural	Donjuk	—

Italian

Proper noun

Don ?

1. Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Дон (Don), from Old East Slavic Донъ (Donŭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Syllabification: Don

Proper noun

Don m inan

1. Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)

Declension

Declension of Don

	singular
nominative	Don
genitive	Donu
dative	Donowi
accusative	Don
instrumental	Donem
locative	Donie
vocative	Donie

Further reading

• Don in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Alternative forms

• D.

Etymology

From Latin domĭnus (“sir, mister, senior”).

Noun

Don m (plural Dones, feminine Doña, feminine plural Doñas)

1. title of respect for a man: sir
   • 1995, Luis "Checho" González (lyrics and music), “Mi General Augusto Pinochet”, in Himno en Honor al Capitán General Don Augusto Pinochet Ugarte – Apología y marchas al Ejército de Chile:

     Mi general, Augusto Pinochet / Usted es el nuevo Padre de la patria / Está su nombre en la historia de Chile / Como lo ha sido Don Bernardo O'Higgins

     My general, Augusto Pinochet / You are the new Father of the country / Your name is in the history of Chile / As was Sir Bernardo O'Higgins

Descendants

• → Tagalog: Don

See also

• don
• doña
• dueño

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Don.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdon/ [ˈd̪on̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: Don

Noun

Don (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜈ᜔)

1. title of a gentleman: sir; Sir

   Synonyms: Ginoo, Maginoo, Senyor

Related terms

• Dondones
• Dundon

 

See also

• ser
• mamsir