دیو
See also: ديو
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Iranian Persian دیو (div).
Noun edit
دیو • (div)
Descendants edit
Persian edit
| Dari | دیو |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | дев |
رستم دیو را می کشد
- rostam div râ mi-košad
- Rustam slays a demon
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ŠDYA /dēw/, “evil spirit, forces of the Evil One”), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (daiva-), from Proto-Iranian *daywáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [deːw]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪iːv]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ew]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | dēw |
| Dari reading? | dēw |
| Iranian reading? | div |
| Tajik reading? | dev |
Noun edit
دیو • (div) (plural دیوان (divân) or دیوها (div-hâ))
- demon, devil, goblin; evil supernatural creature
- c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The tale of the Akwān Dēw”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings][1]:
- تو مر دیو را مردم بد شناس
کسی کو ندارد ز یزدان سپاس
هرانکو گذشت از ره مردمی
ز دیوان شمر مشمر از آدمی- tu mar dēw rā mardum-i bad šinās
kasē k-ō na-dārad zi yazdān sipās
har ān k-ō guḏašt az rah-i mardumī
zi dēwān šumar mašumar az ādamī - Consider the demon to be a bad person.
Whoever does not have gratitude towards God
And whoever leaves the proper path of humanity:
Count him as among the demons, do not consider him a human.
- tu mar dēw rā mardum-i bad šinās
Derived terms edit
- دیوسان (divsân)
Descendants edit
Urdu edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian دیو (dēw).
Noun edit
دیو • (dēo, dev) m (Hindi spelling देव)