дев

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیو (div), from Classical Persian دیو (dēw), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɛf]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

дев • (devm (folklore)

  1. dev, demihuman, giant

Declension

Declension of дев
singular plural
indefinite дев
dev
де́вове
dévove
definite
(subject form)
де́вът
dévǎt
де́вовете
dévovete
definite
(object form)
де́ва
déva
count form де́ва
déva
vocative form де́ве
déve
де́вове
dévove

Alternative forms

Coordinate terms

References

Kumyk

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دیوْ (dēw), from Proto-Iranian *daiva-. Cognate with Turkish dev, Azerbaijani div.

Noun

дев • (dew)

  1. (mythology) div, mythical creature (supernatural being in Turkic and Iranian mythology)
  2. giant, colossus (being of great size and strength)
  3. hero, warrior (especially of extraordinary strength)

Adjective

дев • (dev)

  1. gigantic, colossal (of enormous size)
  2. heroic, mighty (possessing great strength)

References

  • Бамматов Б.Г., Гаджиахмедов Н.Э. (2011) "Кумыкско-русский словарь". Махачкала.

Nogai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tē-.

Verb

дев • (dev)

  1. to speak, talk

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “дев”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dʲef]

Etymology 1

Noun

дев • (devf anim pl

  1. genitive/accusative plural of де́ва (déva)

Etymology 2

Participle

дев • (dev)

  1. short past adverbial perfective participle of деть (detʹ)

Tajik

Рустам дев ро мекушадRustam slays a demon

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian دیوْ (dēw).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dev/, [d̪ew]

Noun

дев • (dev) (Persian spelling دیو)

  1. demon, devil; evil supernatural creature.
    Synonym: шайтон (šayton)
    1. (Islam) an evil or wicked jinn
    2. (Zoroastrianism) daeva

Inflection

Inflection of дев
singular plural
bare дев (dev) девон (devon)1 [Term?] [Term?]
definite
object
девро (devro) девонро (devonro)1 ро (ro) ро (ro)
izofa деви (dev-i) девони (devon-i)1 и (i) и (i)
indefinite,
definite
relative
bare деве (deve)
object деверо (devero)

1The plural form in -ҳо (-ho) (девҳо (devho)), is also acceptable.

Possessive forms of дев
singular plural
bare 1st singular девам (devam) девонам (devonam)1 ам (am) ам (am)
2nd singular деват (devat) девонат (devonat)1 ат (at) ат (at)
3rd singular деваш (devaš) девонаш (devonaš)1 аш () аш ()
1st plural девамон (devamon) девонамон (devonamon)1 амон (amon) амон (amon)
2nd plural деватон (devaton) девонатон (devonaton)1 атон (aton) атон (aton)
3rd plural девашон (devašon) девонашон (devonašon)1 ашон (ašon) ашон (ašon)
singular plural
definite
object
1st singular девамро (devamro) девонамро (devonamro)1 амро (amro) амро (amro)
2nd singular деватро (devatro) девонатро (devonatro)1 атро (atro) атро (atro)
3rd singular девашро (devašro) девонашро (devonašro)1 ашро (ašro) ашро (ašro)
1st plural девамонро (devamonro) девонамонро (devonamonro)1 амонро (amonro) амонро (amonro)
2nd plural деватонро (devatonro) девонатонро (devonatonro)1 атонро (atonro) атонро (atonro)
3rd plural девашонро (devašonro) девонашонро (devonašonro)1 ашонро (ašonro) ашонро (ašonro)

1The plural form in -ҳо (-ho) (девҳо (devho)), is also acceptable.

Derived terms

  • дева (deva)
  • девбача (devbača)

Further reading

  • дев on the Tajik Wikipedia.Wikipedia tg
  • дев”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2025
  • Jilani, Jon (2009) Tajik-English/English-Tajik practical dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 23