𐎭𐎡𐎺

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *daywáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. Cognates include Sanskrit देव (deva), Latin deus, Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz (whence the first element in English Tuesday), Proto-Celtic *dēwos.

Noun

𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v /daiva/) m

  1. (Iranian mythology, Zoroastrianism) foreign god, false god

Descendants

  • Middle Persian:
    Manichaean script: 𐫅𐫏𐫇 (dyw /⁠dēw⁠/, evil spirit, demon)
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ŠDYA /⁠dēw⁠/, evil spirit, demon)
    • Classical Persian:
      • Arabic: دِيُوهَا (diyūhā)
      • Ottoman Turkish: دیو (div)
      • Urdu: دیو (dīv)
      • Iranian Persian: دیو (div, demon)
        • English: div
    • Middle Persian:
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (dywwk' /⁠dēwōg⁠/, leech)
      • Persian: دیوک (divok, divak, leech)
  • Aramaic: דיוא (daywā)
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