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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/daywáh

This Proto-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás (“god”).

Noun

*daywáh m

  1. demon; malevolent being

Inflection
masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *daywáh *daywā́ *daywā́
vocative *daywa *daywā́ *daywā́
accusative *daywám *daywā́ *daywā́nh
instrumental *daywā́ *daywáybyaH *daywā́yš
ablative *daywā́t *daywáybyaH *daywáybyah
dative *daywā́y *daywáybyaH *daywáybyah
genitive *daywáhya *daywáyāh *daywā́nam
locative *daywáy *daywáyaw *daywáyšu

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (daēuua)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Proto-Scythian:
      • Khotanese: [script needed] (dyū, “demon”)
      • Ossetian: [Term?] (“evil spirit”)
        Digor Ossetian: ӕудеу (æwdew)
        Iron Ossetian: ӕудиу (æwdiw)
    • Sogdian: [Term?] (“demon; unreliable person”)
      Sogdian script: [script needed] (δyw /⁠δēw⁠/),
      Manichaean script: 𐫔𐫏𐫇 (δyw /⁠δēw⁠/),
      Syriac script: ܕܝܘ (dyw /⁠δēw⁠/)
      • → Persian: لیوه (live, “unreliable, lier person”)
  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Ishkashimi: [script needed] (lew, “a night-mare, a night-spectre that eats people”)
    • Pashto: دېو (dew) (perhaps borrowed from Persian), دېب (deb)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Baluchi: دیو (dêw)
    • Kurdish:
      Central Kurdish: دێو (dêw)
      Northern Kurdish: dêw
      Southern Kurdish: دێو (dêw)
      Laki: دێڤ (dêv)
    • Proto-Medo-Parthian: *daywə́h
      • Caspian:
        • Old Mazanderani: دیب (dēb, “demon”)
        • Gilaki: یوها (yuhā, “demon”) (perhaps)
      • Parthian:
        Manichaean script: 𐫅𐫏𐫇 (dyw /⁠dēw⁠/, “demon”)
        • → Aghwan: 𐔳𐔴𐕡 (dew), 𐔳𐔴𐕛 (dev)
        • → Old Armenian: դև (dew)
        • → Old Georgian: დევი (devi)
        • ⇒ Parthian:
          Manichaean script: 𐫅𐫏𐫇𐫃 (dywg /⁠dēwag⁠/, “insect; worm, vermin”)
          • → Persian: دیوک (divak, “worm; insect; bug; toxic mushroom”), دیوه (dīve, “silk worm”)
      • Old Tati:
        Old Azari: دیو (dēw)
        • Karingani: dēv
        • Harzani: dev
      • Zazaki: dêw, dêb, dyêb
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v /⁠daivaʰ⁠/)
      • 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)
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