دیم

See also: ديم‎

Baluchi

Noun

دیم • (dem)

face

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐫅𐫏𐫖‎ (dym /dēm/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰáHiman, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyh₂-men, from the root *dʰeyh₂- (“think, perceive, reflect”).

Compare Parthian 𐫅𐫏𐫖‎ (dym /dēm/), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬨𐬀𐬥‎ (daēman, “eye; sight, vision”), and Old Armenian դէմ (dēm), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /deːm/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /deːm/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /diːm/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /dem/

Noun

دیم • (dim)

face, visage

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “دیم”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Talysh

Etymology

Compare Parthian 𐫅𐫏𐫖‎ (dym /dēm/), Middle Persian 𐫅𐫏𐫖‎ (dym /dēm/), Persian ‎ (dim), Baluchi ‎ (dem), Gurani دیم‎ (dīm, “face”), Central Kurdish دیو‎ (dîw, “side, face, surface”), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬨𐬀𐬥‎ (daēman, “eye, look, sight”).

Noun

دیم (dim)

face

Derived terms

دیمادیم‎ (dimâdim)

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