دیو

See also: ديو‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian Persian ‎ (div).

Noun

دیو • (div)

demon
giant

Descendants

Turkish: dev, div
→ Serbo-Croatian: div / див

Persian

رستم دیو را می کشد

Rustam slays a daeva

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dēw /ŠDYA/, “evil spirit”), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (daiva-), from Proto-Iranian *daywáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. Akin to Old Armenian դեւ (dew), Old Georgian დევი (devi), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /deːw/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /deːw/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /diːw/

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

Noun

دیو • (div) (plural دیوان‎ (divân) or دیوها‎ (div-hâ))

Iranian Persian	دیو
Dari	دیو
Tajik	дев (dev)

demon
daeva

Related terms

دیوسان‎ (divsân)

Descendants

→ Arabic: دِيُو‎ (diyū)
- → Kazakh: дию (diü)
→ Bengali: দেও (deō)
→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: देव (dev)
- Urdu: دیو‎ (dev, dyõ)
→ Kazakh: дәу (däu)
→ Ottoman Turkish: دیو‎ (div)
- Turkish: dev, div
- → Serbo-Croatian: div / див

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (dēw).

Noun

دیو • (dēo, dev) m (Hindi spelling देव)

demon
devil

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit देव (deva).

Noun

دیو • (dev) m (Hindi spelling देव)

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