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Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *daywáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. Compare Persian دیو (dêv).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Central Kurdish دێو (dêw)

dêw m (Arabic spelling دێو)

  1. demon, ogre

References

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  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “dêw”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 148