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 script: 𐫅𐫏𐫇 (dyw /⁠dēw⁠/, “evil spirit, demon”)

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

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