ده

See also: دە and دہ

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ذَا (ḏā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæ/

Determiner

ده • (da) m (f دي, pl دول)

1. this

   قريت الكتاب ده

   I read this book.

Pronoun

ده • (da) m (f دي, pl دول)

1. this

   ده كتاب

   This is a book

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Gilaki

Numeral

ده (da)

1. ten

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Mazanderani

Numeral

ده (da)

1. ten

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Persian

Etymology 1

Dari	ده
Iranian Persian
Tajik	даҳ

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dah), from Old Persian *𐎭𐎰 (*daθa), from Proto-Iranian *daśa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daća, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Compare Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬯𐬀 (dasa), Northern Kurdish deh, Ossetian дӕс (dæs), Pashto لس (ləs), Sanskrit दश (daśa), Urdu دس (das), also Armenian տասը (tasə), Greek δέκα (déka), Russian десять (desjatʹ), Latin decem, English ten.

Pronunciation

Persian numbers ^(edit)

		100[a], [b]
←  1	←  9	۱۰ 10	11  →	20  →
		1
Cardinal: ده (dah)     Ordinal: دهم (dahom)

Readings
Classical reading?	d
Dari reading?	d
Iranian reading?	d
Tajik reading?	d

Numeral

ده • (dah) (Persian numeral ۱۰)

1. ten

Related terms

• ده هزار (dah hezâr)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (MTA /⁠deh⁠/, “village”), from Old Persian 𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎠𐎢 (d-h-y-a-u /⁠dahạyau⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *dáhyuš (“Village”). Compare Old Armenian դեհ (deh), an Iranian borrowing.

Alternative forms

• دیه (dīh)

Pronunciation

Dari	ده
Iranian Persian
Tajik	деҳ

Readings
Classical reading?	d
Dari reading?	d
Iranian reading?	d
Tajik reading?	d

Noun

ده • (deh) (plural ده‌ها (deh-hâ) or دهات (dehât))

1. village

   Synonyms: روستا (rustâ), قریه (qarye, qariye)

Derived terms

• دهچه (dehče, “peasant”)
• دهخدا (deh-xodâ, “sheriff, village leader”)
• دهقان (dehqân, “farmer, landlord”)
• دهک (dehak, “hamlet”)
• دهکده (deh-kade, “small village”)

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: դիհ (dih)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	d
Dari reading?	d
Iranian reading?	d
Tajik reading?	d

Verb

ده • (deh)

Dari	ده
Iranian Persian
Tajik	диҳ

1. present stem of دادن (dâdan, “to give”)

References

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Sindhi

Numeral

ده • (daha)

1. ten