دژخیم

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dwšhym /⁠dušxēm⁠/, “evil-natured”). By surface analysis, دژ (dož) +‎ خیم (xim). Akin to Old Armenian դժխեմ (džxem), an Iranian borrowing.

Adjective

دژخیم • (dežxim, dožxim)

1. malignant
2. ill-tempered
3. ugly
4. avaricious, close-fisted

Noun

دژخیم • (dežxim, dožxim) (plural دژخیم‌ها (dežxim, dožxim-hâ) or دژخیمان (dežxim, dožximân))

1. executioner
2. jailer
3. governor of a fort

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դժխեմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 662–663
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 29
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دﮋ خيم”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 518