See also: دژـ, در, ڈر, ذر, and دز

Persian

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Etymology

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Iranian (Parthian?), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰoyǵʰhos (wall), from the root *dʰeyǵʰ-; see there for further information.

The less common form دز (dez) is from Middle Persian KLYTA / dc (diz, fortress)

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? diž
Dari reading? diž
Iranian reading? dež
Tajik reading? diž

Noun

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Dari دژ
Iranian Persian
Tajik диж

دژ (dež) (plural دژها (dež-hâ))

  1. fort, fortress
    Alternative form: دز (dez)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Urdu: دژ (daž)

References

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  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “diz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
  • Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 311—316

Urdu

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Etymology

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From Classical Persian دژ (diž).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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دژ (daž?

  1. fortress, fort; citadel
  2. castle

Derived terms

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References

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  • دژ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
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