دہقان

See also: دهقان

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دِهْقَان (dihqān, “peasant, farmer; villager”).

Pronunciation

Noun

دِہْقان or دَہْقان • (dihqān or dahqān) m (Hindi spelling दिहक़ान or दहक़ान)

  1. farmer; peasant; villager
  2. (rare) landlord

Derived terms

  • دِہقانی (“rustic”)
  • دِہقانِیَت (“rural, folksy”)
  • تارِیخِ دَہْقان (tārīx-i dahqān, “Iranic legends”)
  • دہ (dih, “village”)

References

  • “دہقان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دہقان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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