"dan" meaning in Maltese

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ذَا",
        "4": "",
        "5": "this, that"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic ذَا (ḏā, “this, that”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "hawn",
        "3": "",
        "4": "here"
      },
      "expansion": "hawn (“here”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "-in"
      },
      "expansion": "-in",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arq",
        "2": "هادون",
        "tr": "hādūn"
      },
      "expansion": "Algerian Arabic هادون (hādūn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arq",
        "2": "هادو",
        "tr": "hādū"
      },
      "expansion": "هادو (hādū)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "דנה",
        "t": "this, that",
        "tr": "dənā"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic דנה (dənā, “this, that”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "din",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dawn",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "f": "din",
        "p": "dawn"
      },
      "expansion": "dan (feminine din, plural dawn)",
      "name": "mt-det"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "dak"
        },
        {
          "word": "hedan"
        },
        {
          "word": "hedak"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "this"
      ],
      "id": "en-dan-mt-det-HreWAkEe",
      "links": [
        [
          "this",
          "this"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dana"
        },
        {
          "word": "da"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/daːn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dan"
}

{
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "word": "dak"
    },
    {
      "word": "hedan"
    },
    {
      "word": "hedak"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ذَا",
        "4": "",
        "5": "this, that"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic ذَا (ḏā, “this, that”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "hawn",
        "3": "",
        "4": "here"
      },
      "expansion": "hawn (“here”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "-in"
      },
      "expansion": "-in",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arq",
        "2": "هادون",
        "tr": "hādūn"
      },
      "expansion": "Algerian Arabic هادون (hādūn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arq",
        "2": "هادو",
        "tr": "hādū"
      },
      "expansion": "هادو (hādū)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "דנה",
        "t": "this, that",
        "tr": "dənā"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic דנה (dənā, “this, that”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "din",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dawn",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "f": "din",
        "p": "dawn"
      },
      "expansion": "dan (feminine din, plural dawn)",
      "name": "mt-det"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese 1-syllable words",
        "Maltese determiners",
        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "this"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "this",
          "this"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/daːn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dana"
    },
    {
      "word": "da"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dan"
}