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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *din-
Meaning: cut off (head), kill
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Semitic: *dVn- 'cut off'
Egyptian: dn (LM) 'kill', 'cut off (head)' (XVIII)
East Chadic: *dyan-H- 'kill'
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Semitic etymology :

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Number: 519
Proto-Semitic: *dVn-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'cut off'
Tigre: dnn
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Egyptian etymology :

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Old Egyptian: dn (LM)
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'kill'
Notes: dn (XVIII) 'cut off (head), kill'
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East Chadic etymology :

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Proto-EChadic: *dyan-H-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'kill'
Gabri: di-́deng [Luk:88]
Dormo: ine di-ding (I kill)[Luk:91]
Migama: diŋáw [JhMig]
Bidiya: dēŋǝ [JgBid]
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : TVNV
Meaning : to cut
Eurasiatic : *ṭanV ?
Afroasiatic : *din- ?
Sino-Caucasian : *ṭwV́nV
Amerind (misc.) : *ṭan 'cut' (R 158) [+ A]
African (misc.) : Bantu *-téén- 'to cut'.
Reference : GE 113 *ṭan.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ṭanV
Meaning: hack
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *ten- (BSl)
Altaic: ? *t`anu (Ram. 114)
References: МССНЯ 352.
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ṭwV́nV
Meaning: knife, to cut
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
North Caucasian: *=VṭwVn
Sino-Tibetan: *tō̆nH ( ~ -ɫH)
Yenisseian: *doʔn
Comments and references : Possibly connected with *=āṭwV (on possible reflexes of *=VṭwVn in NC see ibid.]
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tō̆nH ( ~ -ɫH)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: cut
Chinese: 斷 *tōnʔ cut off, 剸 *tonʔ, dōn to cut, 膞 *ton, *tonʔ, donʔ cut meat.
Kachin: don1 to cut.
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Chinese characters :

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Character: 斷
Modern (Beijing) reading: duàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: dōnʔ
Classic Old Chinese: dwā́n
Western Han Chinese: dwā́n
Eastern Han Chinese: dwā́n
Early Postclassic Chinese: dwā́n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: dwā́n
Late Postclassic Chinese: dwā́n
Middle Chinese: dwấn
English meaning : to cut up, cut off; decide
Russian meaning[s]: 1) разрубить; переломить; разорвать; 2) прекратить (подачу); отказать в...; отказаться от...; 3) решить, определить; присудить к...; 4) решительно, определенно; категорически; перед отрицанием отнюдь не..., ни в коем случае; категорически не...
Comments: Also read *tōnʔ, MC twấn; *tōnʔ-s, MC twần, Viet. d_oán; *dōnʔ-s, MC dwần. See also 段 *dōnʔ-s. An older loan from the same source is Viet. d_ốn 'to cut down, chop down'. For *d- cf. Fuzhou tuaŋ6; Siam. dhɔ̄́n (*dōn).
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 69
Four-angle index: 1980
Karlgren code: 0170 a
Vietnamese reading: d_oạn
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 2351
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character: 斷
MC description : A: 山合一去換端; B: 山合一上緩定
ZIHUI: A: 2451 1921; B: 2451 1923
Beijing: A: tuan 3; B: tuan 3
Jinan: A: tuã 3; B: tuã 3
Xi'an: A: tuã 3; B: tuã 3
Taiyuan: A: tuä̃ 3; B: tuä̃ 3
Hankou: A: tan 3; B: tan 3
Chengdu: A: tuan 3; B: tuan 3
Yangzhou: A: tuõ 3; B: tuõ 3
Suzhou: A: tö 31; B: dö 32
Wenzhou: A: tö 31; B: dö 22
Changsha: A: tõ 31; B: tõ 31 (lit.); tõ 32
Shuangfeng: A: tuɛ 31; B: duɛ̃ 32
Nanchang: A: tɔn 31; B: thɔn 32
Meixian: A: tɔn 3; B: thɔn 11
Guangzhou: A: tyn 31; B: tyn 32
Xiamen: A: tuan 31; B: tuan 32 (lit.); tŋ 32
Chaozhou: A: tueŋ 31; B: tueŋ 22
Fuzhou: A: tuaŋ 31; B: tuaŋ 32
Shanghai: A: tö 32; B: tö 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: A: ton 3; B: ton 3
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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *doʔn
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: knife
Ket: dɔʔn, pl. dɔńǝŋ5; dɔnul6, pl. dɔnulǝŋ5 "knife shaft" (South. dɔnuĺ6, pl. dɔnuĺǝŋ5)
Yug: dɔʔn, pl. dɔnɨŋ5; dōndi1, pl. dōndin "sheath"
Kottish: ton, pl. tōnaŋ; tonol, *thonol, pl. tonōlaŋ "Scheide"; Ass. ton (М., Сл., Кл., Бол.)
Arin: ton (М., Сл., Кл.); (Лоск.) togon
Comments: ССЕ 222. Interesting is the Arin variant togon, possibly reflecting the articulation of -ʔ-, usually not registered in Arin. Werner 1, 203.
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