dêw

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *daywáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. Compare Persian دیو (dêv).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːw/
• Rhymes: -eːw

Noun

Central Kurdish	دێو (dêw)

dêw m (Arabic spelling دێو)

1. demon, ogre

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “dêw”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 148