Meaning of どんな. Help with translation

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Hello everyone, I am far behind on my grammar learning and I decided to attempt to translate a song as a way to gamify the grammar learning for myself. The song is HikaruNara by GooseHouse.

My specific question is related to どんな in this sentence.

煌めくどんな星も君 を 照らすから

And here is my breakdown of the words and grammar.

煌めく どんな 星も
kirameku donna hoshimo
煌 (kira) glitter 煌めく to glitter, twinkle, sparkle
星 (hoshi) star
も also
どんな what kind of

君 を 照らすから
kimi wo terasukara
君 (kimi) meaning: you, or buddy or friend
を object marker
照 (tera) shine, illuminate
から because, since

My understanding of どんな is normally “what kind of”. Translations I have found online say “No matter which shining star it is, it will illuminate you”. Without knowing any better, I read it more as “what kind of star glitters because you shine”.

I am looking for help in understanding this grammar point. Does the どんな and も interact in a way I haven’t learned?

Thanks for the help!

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Yes, it’s that も that makes it “no matter which”

どんな星
what kind of star

どんな星でも or どんな星も
no matter what kind of star, any star, etc.

でも/も has that sort of relationship with question words. Like 誰 “who” vs 誰でも/誰も “anyone; everyone; whoever.”

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Thank you for the help. That does explain it, I figured it had something to do with the も. Your example of dare vs daremo allowed me to google more information about the interaction of も and question words.

I guess I didn’t even know the right thing to search to find my answers.

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