𐎭𐎼𐎥

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *dr̥Hgáh (compare Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬔𐬀 (dar^əga, “long”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dr̥Hgʰás (compare Sanskrit दीर्घ (dīrghá)), from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós (compare Latin longus, Old Church Slavonic дльгъ (dlĭgŭ)).

Adjective

𐎭𐎼𐎥 (d-r-g /darga/)

long

Descendants

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)
    - → Yagnobi: дур (dur)

→ Assamese: দেৰি (deri)
→ Bengali: দেরি (deri)
→ Hindi: देर (der)
→ Urdu: دیر (der)

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