دژ

See also: دژـ, در, ڈر, ذر, and دز

Persian

Etymology

Iranian (Parthian?), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰoyǵʰhos (“wall”), from the root *dʰeyǵʰ-; see there for further information.

The less common form دز (dez) is from Middle Persian KLYTA / dc (diz, “fortress”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈdiʒ/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪʒ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪʒ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪʒ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪iʒ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪eʒ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪iʒ]

Readings
Classical reading?	diž
Dari reading?	diž
Iranian reading?	dež
Tajik reading?	diž

Noun

Dari	دژ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	диж

دژ • (dež) (plural دژها (dež-hâ))

1. fort, fortress

   Alternative form: دز (dez)

Derived terms

• دژبان (dežbân)
• دژبانی (dežbâni)
• دژدار (deždâr)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दझ़ (daź), दिझ़ (diź)

  Urdu: دژ (daź, diź)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “diz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2003), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 311—316

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian دژ (diź).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪əʒ/, /d̪ɪʒ/

Noun

دژ • (daź or diź) m (Hindi spelling दझ़ or दिझ़)

1. fortress, fort; citadel
2. castle

Derived terms

• دژبان (daźbān, “fort-keeper”)
• دژدار (daźdār)
• دژ ِ رُوئیں (daź-e-rū'ī)

References

• “دژ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.