deghan

English

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (dehqân, “landowner”) From Middle Persian 𐭣𐭧𐭩𐭥𐭪𐭠𐭭‎ (dahigān, “countryman, farmer”), originally meaning “pertaining to the Deh”, from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭲𐭠‎ (deh, “country, land, village”).

Noun

deghan (plural deghans)

(historical) A small-land-owning citizen of the Sassanian Empire.

Alternative forms

dehgan, dehkan, dehqan

Translations

Russian: дехканин
Tajik: деҳқон (dehqon),
Uzbek: dehqon

Anagrams

hagden, hanged

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