ده
Egyptian Arabic
Persian
Etymology 1
Dari Persian | ده |
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Iranian Persian | ده |
Tajiki Persian | даҳ (dah) |
From Middle Persian [script needed] (dah), from Old Persian *𐎭𐎰 (*daθa), from Proto-Iranian *daśa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daća, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Compare Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬯𐬀 (dasa), Kurdish deh, Ossetian дӕс (dæs), Pashto لس (ləs), Sanskrit दश (daśa), Urdu دس (das), also Armenian տասը (tasə), Greek δέκα (déka), Russian десять (desjatʹ), Latin decem, English ten.[1]
Related terms
- ده هزار (dah hezâr)
Etymology 2
From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭲𐭠 (deh, “country, land, village”), from Old Persian 𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎢 (dahạyau), from Proto-Iranian *dahyu- (“country, district, province”). Compare Old Armenian դեհ (deh), an Iranian borrowing.
Alternative forms
- دیه (dīh)
Verb
ده • (deh)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /dih/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /dɪh/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /deh/
- (Tehrani): IPA(key): /deh/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /deh/
Dari Persian | ده |
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Iranian Persian | ده |
Tajiki Persian | диҳ (dih) |
References
- Benjamin W. Fortson IV (2010), “Indo-Iranian I: Indic”, in Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, 2nd edition, page 203
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