Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (MTA /⁠deh⁠/, country, land; village), Classical Persian ده (dih, village).

Noun edit

դեհ (deh)

  1. side, part

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: դեհ (deh)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դեհ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դեհ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 139
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դեհ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy