See also: در, ڈر, ذر, and دز

Persian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (bad)

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? duž, diž
Dari reading? duž, diž
Iranian reading? dož, dež
Tajik reading? duž, diž

Prefix edit

Dari دژ
Iranian Persian
Tajik дуж-

دژ (dož- or dež-)

  1. bad, difficult, hard

Etymology 2 edit

 
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Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰoyǵʰhos (wall), from the root *dʰeyǵʰ-; see there for further information.

The less common form دز (dez) is from Middle Persian KLYTA / dc (diz, fortress)

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? diž
Dari reading? diž
Iranian reading? dež
Tajik reading? diž

Noun edit

Dari دژ
Iranian Persian
Tajik диж

دژ (dež) (plural دژها (dež-hâ))

  1. fort, fortress
    Alternative form: دز (dez)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Urdu: دژ (daž)

References edit

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “diz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
  • Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 311—316

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Persian دژ (diž).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

دژ (daž?

  1. fortress, fort; citadel
  2. castle

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • دژ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.