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-დან
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Georgian
Etymology
From simplification of ka -(ი)თგან, where ka -ით -(ი)თ is the instrumental case suffix and ka -გან the postposition. -(ი)თგან -> -*(ი)დგან -> -(ი)დან. tr -dan.
Pronunciation
Postposition
ka postposition
from, out of, since
ka დაბადებიდან since birth
ka სოფლიდან from village
ka ცხრა ათიდან nine out of ten
Usage notes
The postposition is suffixed to nouns in instrumental case, but the ka -თ of the instrumental is deleted.
See also
ka -გან