дев

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیو (div), from Classical Persian دیو (dēw), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛf]

• Audio:

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Noun

дев • (dev) m (folklore)

1. dev, demihuman, giant

Declension

Declension of дев

	singular	plural
indefinite	дев dev	де́вове dévove
definite (subject form)	де́вът dévǎt	де́вовете dévovete
definite (object form)	де́ва déva
count form	—	де́ва déva
vocative form	де́ве déve	де́вове dévove

Alternative forms

• деф (def), див (div)

Coordinate terms

• джин (džin, “jinn”)
• ифри́т (ifrít, “ifrit”)
• шайта́н (šajtán, “shaitan”)

Related terms

• диване́ (divané, “brat, stuborn child”)

References

• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1908) “*девъ и дивъ”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 88
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дев, деф”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 330

Nogai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tē-.

Verb

дев • (dev)

1. to speak, talk

References

• N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “дев”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dʲef]

Etymology 1

Noun

дев • (dev) f anim pl

1. genitive/accusative plural of де́ва (déva)

Etymology 2

Participle

дев • (dev)

1. short past adverbial perfective participle of деть (detʹ)

Tajik

Рустам дев ро мекушад ― Rustam slays a demon

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian دیوْ (dēw).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dev/, [d̪ew]

Noun

дев • (dev) (Persian spelling دیو)

1. demon, devil; evil supernatural creature.

   Synonym: шайтон (šayton)

   1. (Islam) an evil or wicked jinn
   2. (Zoroastrianism) daeva

Inflection

Inflection of дев
		singular	plural
sound	broken2	or broken2
bare		дев dev	девон devon1	[Term?]	[Term?]
definite object		девро devro	девонро devonro1	ро ro	ро ro
izofa		деви dev-i	девони devon-i1	и i	и i
indefinite, definite relative	bare	деве deve	—	—	—
	object	деверо devero	—	—	—
1The plural form in -ҳо (-ho) (девҳо (devho)), is also acceptable.

Possessive forms of дев
		singular	plural
sound	broken2	broken2
bare	1st singular	девам devam	девонам devonam1	ам am	ам am
	2nd singular	деват devat	девонат devonat1	ат at	ат at
	3rd singular	деваш devaš	девонаш devonaš1	аш aš	аш aš
	1st plural	девамон devamon	девонамон devonamon1	амон amon	амон amon
	2nd plural	деватон devaton	девонатон devonaton1	атон aton	атон aton
	3rd plural	девашон devašon	девонашон devonašon1	ашон ašon	ашон ašon
		singular	plural
sound	broken2	broken2
definite object	1st singular	девамро devamro	девонамро devonamro1	амро amro	амро amro
	2nd singular	деватро devatro	девонатро devonatro1	атро atro	атро atro
	3rd singular	девашро devašro	девонашро devonašro1	ашро ašro	ашро ašro
	1st plural	девамонро devamonro	девонамонро devonamonro1	амонро amonro	амонро amonro
	2nd plural	деватонро devatonro	девонатонро devonatonro1	атонро atonro	атонро atonro
	3rd plural	девашонро devašonro	девонашонро devonašonro1	ашонро ašonro	ашонро ašonro
1The plural form in -ҳо (-ho) (девҳо (devho)), is also acceptable.

Derived terms

• дева (deva)
• девбача (devbača)

 

Further reading

• дев on the Tajik Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tg
• “дев”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2024
• Jilani, Jon (2009) Tajik-English/English-Tajik practical dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 23