Proto-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dr̥Hgʰás.
Adjective
*dr̥Hgáh
- long, late
Derived terms
- *dr̥Hgand-
- Northern Kurdish: *dagrang
- Central Kurdish: درەنگ (dreng, “late”)
- Northern Kurdish: dereng, direng (“late”)
- Middle Persian: [script needed] (dglnd /dagrand/)
- Classical Persian: دیرند (dērand)
Descendants
- Central Iranian:
- Old Avestan: 𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬔𐬀 (darəga)
- Younger Avestan: 𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬀 (darəγa)
- Northeastern Iranian:
- Khotanese: [script needed] (dāra)
- Ossetian: даргъ (darǧ)
- Southeastern Iranian:
- Northwestern Iranian:
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: دێر (dêr, “late”)
- Southern Kurdish: دێر (dêr, “late”)
- Laki: دێر (dêr, “late”)
- Proto-Medo-Parthian: *də̄rǧə́h
- Old Median: *də̄rǧə́h
- Parthian:
- Manichaean script: 𐫅𐫡𐫄 (drɣ), 𐫅𐫡𐫃 (drg /darǧ/, “long”)
- Proto-Zaza-Gorani:
- Gurani: دێر (dɛr, “late”)
- Zazaki: derg (“long”)
- Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: 𐎭𐎼𐎥 (d-r-g /darga/, “long”)
- Middle Persian: ("long")
- Manichaean script: 𐫅𐫃𐫡 (dgr /daǧr/), 𐫅𐫏𐫡 (dyr /dēr/)
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (dgl /daǧr/)
- Classical Persian: دیر (dēr, “late”)
- Iranian Persian: دیر (dir)
- Tajik: дер (der)
- → Assamese: দেৰি (deri)
- → Bengali: দেরি (deri)
- → Hindi: देर (der)
- → Urdu: دیر (der)