dan

Meaning

Noun

• A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
• A rank of black belt in martial arts
• Someone who has achieved a level of black belt
• Synonym of picul: a traditional unit of weight and mass.

Origin

• From Middle English dan, daun, dam, from Anglo-Norman daun, daunz and Old French dan, dam, from Latin dominus. don.
• Uncertain.
• From Japanese 段.
• From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 担.