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

Gilaki

Numeral

ده (da)

  1. ten

Mazanderani

Numeral

ده (da)

  1. ten

Persian

Etymology 1

Dari ده
Iranian Persian
Tajik даҳ (dah)

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.[1]

Pronunciation

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

    Numeral

    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

    Dari ده
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik деҳ (deh)
    • (Dari): IPA(key): /dɪh/

    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

    Verb

    ده • (deh)

    Dari ده
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik диҳ (dih)
    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

    Sindhi

    Numeral

    ده (daha)

    1. ten
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