դեհ

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (MTA /⁠deh⁠/, “country, land; village”), Classical Persian ده (dih, “village”).

Noun

դեհ • (deh)

  1. side, part
  • նժդեհ (nždeh)
  • դեհպետ (dehpet)
  • դեհկանութիւն (dehkanutʻiwn)

Descendants
  • Armenian: դեհ (deh)

Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դեհ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դեհ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 139
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դեհ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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