ده

See also: دہ, دە, دٔہ, and دٕہ

Egyptian Arabic

Alternative forms

  • دا (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Arabic ذَا (ḏā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /da/, [dæ(h)]

Determiner

ده • (dam (feminine دي (di), plural دول (dōl))

  1. (demonstrative) this, that
    قريت الكتاب دهʔarēt il-kitāb daI read this book

Pronoun

ده • (dam (feminine دي (di), plural دول (dōl))

  1. (demonstrative) this, that
    ده كتابda ktābThis is a book

Suffix

ـده • (-dam (feminine ـدي (-di))

  1. Suffixes sometimes attached after singular definite nouns that mean time-periods or units of time to mean the current, or the upcoming time period or unit; with respect to gender: this, to-
    النهار (in-nahār, daytime) + ‎ـدا → ‎النهارده (in-naharda, today)
    السنة (is-sana, the year) + ‎ـدي → ‎السنادي (is-sanādi, this year)

Gilaki

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *dáca, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáća, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Numeral

ده (da)

  1. ten

Mazanderani

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *dáca, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáća, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Numeral

ده (da)

  1. ten

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐫅𐫍 (dh), [Book Pahlavi needed] (ASLYA /⁠dah⁠/), from Old Persian *daθa, from Proto-Iranian *dáca, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáća, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.[1]

Pronunciation

Persian numbers (edit)
100[a], [b]
 ←  1  ←  9 ۱۰
10
11  →  20  → 
1
    Cardinal: ده (dah)
    Ordinal: دهم (dahom)
 

Readings
Classical reading? dah
Dari reading? dah
Iranian reading? dah
Tajik reading? dah

Numeral

Dari ده
Iranian Persian
Tajik даҳ

ده • (dah) (Persian numeral ۱۰)

  1. ten
  • ده هزار (dah hezâr)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (MTA /⁠deh⁠/, village), from Old Persian 𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎠𐎢 (d-h-y-a-u /⁠dahạyau⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *dáhyuš (Village). Compare Old Armenian դեհ (deh), an Iranian borrowing.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? dih
Dari reading? deh
Iranian reading? deh
Tajik reading? deh

Noun

Dari ده
Iranian Persian
Tajik деҳ

ده • (deh) (plural ده‌ها, or دهات)

  1. village
    Synonyms: روستا (rustâ), قریه (qarye, qariye)
Derived terms
  • دهات (dehât, countryside)
  • دهخدا (deh-xodâ, sheriff, village leader)
  • دهقان (dehqân, farmer, landlord)
  • دهچه (dehče, peasant)
  • دهک (dehak, hamlet)
  • دهکده (deh-kade, small village)
Descendants
  • Gujarati: દિહ (dih)
  • Middle Armenian: դիհ (dih)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

 
 

Readings
Classical reading? dih
Dari reading? deh
Iranian reading? deh
Tajik reading? dih

Verb

ده • (deh)

Dari ده
Iranian Persian
Tajik диҳ
  1. present stem of دادن (dâdan, to give)

References

  1. ^ Benjamin W. Fortson IV (2010) “Indo-Iranian I: Indic”, in Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, 2nd edition, page 203

Etymology 4

See در (dar)

Pronunciation

  • (colloquial Dari)
     

Readings
Dari reading? da

Preposition

ده • (da)

  1. (Kabuli, Hazaragi) colloquial spelling of در (dar, in, at, within, among)

Sindhi

Numeral

ده • (daha)

  1. ten