دہقان

See also: دهقان‎

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian دهقان‎ (dihqān, “peasant, farmer; villager”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪eːɦ.qɑːn/, /d̪ɪɦ.qɑːn/, /d̪əɦ.qɑːn/
  • (Deccani) IPA(key): /d̪eːɦ.xɑːn/, /d̪ɪɦ.xɑːn/, /d̪əɦ.xɑːn/

Noun

دہقان • (dehqān) ? (Hindi spelling दिहक़ान)

  1. farmer; peasant; villager
  2. (rare) landlord

Derived terms
  • دہقانی‎ (dehqānī, “rustic”)
  • دہقانیت‎ (dehqānīyat, “rural, folksy”)
  • تارِیخِ دَہْقان‎ (tārīx-e-dehqān, “Iranic legends”)
  • دہ‎ (deh, “village”)

References
  • “دہقان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “دہقان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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