ده

See also: دە and دہ

Egyptian Arabic

Alternative forms

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

Gilaki

Numeral

ده (da)

  1. ten

Mazanderani

Numeral

ده (da)

  1. ten

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐫅𐫍 (dh), [Book Pahlavi needed] (ASLYA /⁠dah⁠/), from Old Persian *daθa, from Proto-Iranian *dáca.[1]

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

Readings
Classical reading? dah
Dari reading? dah
Iranian reading? dah
Tajik reading? dah

Numeral
Dari ده
Iranian Persian
Tajik даҳ

ده • (dah) (Persian numeral ۱۰)

  1. ten
  • 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

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? dih
Dari reading? deh
Iranian reading? deh
Tajik reading? deh

Noun
Dari ده
Iranian Persian
Tajik деҳ

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
  • → Gujarati: દિહ (dih)
  • → Middle Armenian: դիհ (dih)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation
 
 

Readings
Classical reading? dih
Dari reading? deh
Iranian reading? deh
Tajik reading? dih

Verb

ده • (deh)

Dari ده
Iranian Persian
Tajik диҳ
  1. present stem of دادن (dâdan, “to give”)

References
  1. Benjamin W. Fortson IV (2010) “Indo-Iranian I: Indic”, in Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, 2nd edition, page 203

Etymology 4

See در (dar)

Pronunciation

Readings
Dari reading? da

Preposition

ده • (da)

  1. Colloquial spelling of در (dar, “in, at, within, among”)

Sindhi

Numeral

ده • (daha)

  1. ten
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