𐎭𐎡𐎺
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Old Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Iranian *daywáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. Cognates include Sanskrit देव (deva), Latin deus, Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz (whence the first element in English Tuesday), Proto-Celtic *deiwos.
Noun
[edit]𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v /daiva/) m
- (Iranian mythology, Zoroastrianism) foreign god, false god
Descendants
[edit]- Middle Persian:
- Manichaean script: 𐫅𐫏𐫇 (dyw /dēw/, “evil spirit, demon”)
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ŠDYA /dēw/, “evil spirit, demon”)
- Classical Persian: دیوْ (dēw)
- ⇒ Middle Persian:
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (dywwk' /dēwōg/, “leech”)
- Classical Persian:
- Iranian Persian: دیوک (divok, divak, “leech”)
- Classical Syriac: ܕܝܘܐ (daywā)
Categories:
- Old Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian
- Old Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- Old Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Old Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Old Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Persian lemmas
- Old Persian nouns
- Old Persian masculine nouns
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- peo:Zoroastrianism