دیو

See also: ديو

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دیو (div).

Noun

دیو • (div)

1. demon
2. jinn, genie
3. giant

Descendants

• Serbo-Croatian: див

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Persian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian ŠDYA (dēw, “evil spirit”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (daiva-), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Iranian *daiva- (compare Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (daēuua-)), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit देव (devá)), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”) (compare Welsh duw, Latin deus, dīvus, Lithuanian dievas). Akin to Old Armenian դեւ (dew), Georgian დევი (devi), Iranian borrowings.

Noun

دیو • (dêv) (plural دیوان (dêvân) or دیوها (dêv-hâ))

Dari	دیو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дев

1. demon
2. daeva

Related terms

• دیوسان (dêvsân)

Descendants

• Arabic: ديو (diyū)
• Bengali: দেও (deō)
• Hindustani (partially):
  • Hindi: देव (dev)
  • Urdu: دیو (dev)
• Ottoman Turkish: دیو (div)
  • Serbo-Croatian: div / див
  • Turkish: dev, div

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Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian دیو (div).

Noun

دیو • (dev) m (Hindi spelling देव)

1. demon
2. jinn

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit देव (deva).

Noun

دیو • (dev) m (Hindi spelling देव)

1. deva
2. deity
3. god
4. celestial being