deghan
English
editEtymology
editFrom Persian دهقان (dehqân, “landowner”) From Middle Persian 𐭣𐭧𐭩𐭥𐭪𐭠𐭭 (dahigān, “countryman, farmer”), originally meaning “pertaining to the Deh”, from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭲𐭠 (deh, “country, land, village”).
Noun
editdeghan (plural deghans)
- (historical) A small-land-owning citizen of the Sassanian Empire.