دزد

See also: درد

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dwz, “thief”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *duš- (“bad, wrong”), from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad, wrong”). From the same root comes also دشمن (došman, “enemy”). Cognate with Sanskrit दुर् (dus-, “bad”), Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬱 (duš-, “bad”) and Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”).

Noun

دزد • (dozd)

1. thief

Related terms

• دزدی (dozdi)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “%D8%AF%D8%B2%D8%AF+duzd”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “dozd”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim