Dayan or Daayan may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* ''Daayan'' (TV series), an Indian paranormal romance series * ''Daayan'', a 1996 Hindi short story collection by

Bhisham Sahni Bhisham Sahni (8 August 1915 – 11 July 2003) was an Indian writer, playwright in Hindi and an actor, most famous for his novel ''Tamas'' ("Darkness"/'Ignorance") and the television screenplay adaptation of the same name, a powerful and passio ...

People

* Dayan (surname), including a list of people with the surname **

Moshe Dayan Moshe Dayan (; May 20, 1915 – October 16, 1981) was an Israeli military leader and politician. As commander of the Jerusalem front in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Chief of General Staff (Israel), Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defe ...

(1915–1981), Israeli military leader and politician * Dayan (given name), including a list of people with the given name **

Dayan Khan Dayan Khan (; ), born Batumöngke ( , ; ''Bātúméngkè''; 1472–1517) was a khagan of the Northern Yuan dynasty, reigning from 1480 to 1517. During his rule, he reunited the Mongols under Chinggisid supremacy. His reigning title, "Dayan" ...

(1472–1517), khagan of the Northern Yuan dynasty

Places

* Dayan, the

Old Town of Lijiang Dayan (), commonly called the Old Town of Lijiang () is the historical center of Lijiang City, in Yunnan, China. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. History The town has a history going back more than 1,000 years and was once a confluence for ...

, Yunnan, China * Dayan,

Evenk Autonomous Banner Ewenki Autonomous Banner or Evenk Autonomous Banner ( Evenki: ; Mongolian: ; zh, s=鄂温克族自治旗) is an autonomous banner that lies on the border between northwestern Greater Khingan and Hulun Buir grasslands and directly south of the ...

, Inner Mongolia, China * Dayan,

Fenghua, Ningbo Fenghua (; ) is a district of the city of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China. The district and its administrative hinterlands have a population of over 480,000. Fenghua is the hometown of two former presidents of the Republic of China, Chiang Ka ...

, Zhejiang, China * Dayan,

Jiangyou Jiangyou () is a Chinese county-level city located in Mianyang, Sichuan. The city proper is subdivided into four urban districts and has jurisdiction over 21 towns, and 19 rural townships. It is the hometown of Li Bai, a leading Tang dynasty p ...

, Sichuan, China *

Dayan, Iran Dayan (, also Romanized as Dāyān) is a village in Keyvan Rural District, in the Central District of Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a ...

Dayan Lake Dayan Lake (, zh, 达彥湖) is a lake located the district of Sagsai, in the Bayan-Ölgii Province of western Mongolia. It is recognized by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area since 2009. It is located in the Altai Tavan Bogd Nat ...

, in Bayan-Ölgii, Mongolia

Other uses

* Dayan (rabbinic judge), Jewish religious judge in a beth din *

Dayan (witch) Daayan, Ḍāin or Ḍāini is often mistakenly regarded as a rendering for a witch in Indian folklore and Pakistani folklore, the term has been derived from the Sanskrit word ''dakini'', which refers to a female paranormal entity from ''patal ...

, or dayaan, in Indian and Pakistani folklore * Dayan, the smaller drum of the

tabla A ''tabla'' is a pair of hand drums from the Indian subcontinent. Since the 18th century, it has been the principal percussion instrument in Hindustani classical music, where it may be played solo, as an accompaniment with other instruments a ...

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