دیهیم

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭣𐭩𐭣𐭩𐭬𐭩 (dīyēm, dīdēm, “diadem”) from Parthian 𐭃𐭉𐭃𐭉𐭌 (dīδēm, dīdēm, “half-crown, flower-crown”). Ultimately from Ancient Greek διάδημα (diádēma).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /daj.ˈhiːm/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äj.hiːm]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.jiːm]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.jim]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ej.hiːm]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äj.him]

Readings
Classical reading^?	dayhīm
Dari reading^?	dayhīm
Iranian reading^?	deyhim
Tajik reading^?	dayhim

Noun


Iranian Persian	دیهیم
Dari	دیهیم
Tajik	дайҳим

دیهیم • (dayhīm) (plural دیهیم‌ها)

(archaic) diadem
- 10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh
  که بوُد آنْکه دَیْهیم بَر سَر نِهاد
  نَدارَد کَس آن روزگاران بِیاد
  kē būd ān-kē dayhīm bar sar nihād
  nadārad kas ān rōzgārān bi-yād
  who was he wore the diadem?!
  No one remembers those days (No one remembers the epoch of the olden kings).

Related terms

نیم‌تاج (nim-tâj), تاج (tâj), کلاه (kolâh), افسر (afsar)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “دیهیم”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press