ده

See also: دە‎ and دہ‎

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ذَا‎ (ḏā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæ/

Determiner

ده • (da) m (f دي‎, pl دول‎)

1. this

   قريت الكتاب ده‎

   I read this book.

Pronoun

ده • (da) m (f دي‎, pl دول‎)

1. this

   ده كتاب

   This is a book

Gilaki

Numeral

ده (da)

1. ten

Mazanderani

Numeral

ده (da)

1. ten

Persian

Etymology 1

Dari	ده
Iranian Persian
Tajik	даҳ (dah)

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dah), from Old Persian *𐎭𐎰 (*daθa), from Proto-Iranian *daśa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daća, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Compare Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬯𐬀‎ (dasa), Northern Kurdish deh, Ossetian дӕс (dæs), Pashto لس‎ (ləs), Sanskrit दश (daśa), Urdu دس‎ (das), also Armenian տասը (tasə), Greek δέκα (déka), Russian десять (desjatʹ), Latin decem, English ten.

Pronunciation

Persian numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: ده (dah)     Ordinal: دهم‎ (dahom)

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /dah/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /dah/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /dæh/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /dah/

Numeral

ده • (dah) (Persian numeral ۱۰‎)

1. ten

Related terms

• ده هزار‎ (dah hezâr)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (MTA /deh/, “village”), from Old Persian 𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎠𐎢 (d-h-y-a-u /dahạyau/), from Proto-Iranian *dáhyuš (“Village”). Compare Old Armenian դեհ (deh), an Iranian borrowing.

Alternative forms

• دیه‎ (dih)

Pronunciation

Dari	ده
Iranian Persian
Tajik	деҳ (deh)

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /dih/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /dɪh/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /deh/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /deh/

Noun

ده • (deh) (plural ده‌ها‎ (deh-hâ) or دهات‎ (dehât))

1. village

   Synonyms: روستا‎ (rustâ), قریه‎ (qarye, qariye)

Derived terms

• دهچه‎ (dehče, “peasant”)
• دهخدا‎ (deh-xodâ, “sheriff, village leader”)
• دهقان‎ (dehqân, “farmer, landlord”)
• دهک‎ (dehak, “hamlet”)
• دهکده‎ (deh-kade, “small village”)

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: դիհ (dih)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /dih/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /dɪh/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /deh/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /deh/

Verb

ده • (deh)

Dari	ده
Iranian Persian
Tajik	диҳ (dih)

1. present stem of دادن‎ (dâdan, “to give”)

Sindhi

Numeral

ده (daha)

1. ten