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

(Iranian mythology, Zoroastrianism) foreign god, false god

Descendants

Middle Persian:
Manichaean: 𐫅𐫏𐫇‎ (dyw /dēw/, “evil spirit, demon”)

Book Pahlavi: [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: [Book Pahlavi needed] (dywwk' /dēwōg/, “leech”)
  - Persian: دیوک‎ (divok, divak, “leech”)
→ Aramaic: דיוא‎ (daywā)
- Classical Syriac: ܕܝܘܐ‎ (daywā)

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