dêw

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Northern Kurdish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Central Kurdish دێو (dêw)

dêw m (Arabic spelling دێو)

  1. demon, ogre

References[edit]

  • 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