Etymology

Dani

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Today it means: A diminutive of the female given name Danielle and of its variant forms. Full definition →

Gujarati દાણી ← Sanskrit दानिन्
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The story

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromदानिन्“giving, generous”
  2. Gujarati · borrowed fromદાણી
  3. English todayDani

* As an Italian, Slovak (Dáni), Romanian, and German surname, from diminutives of the given name Daniel. * As an Albanian surname, from Dan, a short form of the Islamic name Ramadan. * As an Indian surname, borrowed from Gujarati દાણી (dāṇī), from Sanskrit दानिन् (dānin, “giving, generous”).

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