𐎭𐎡𐎺

From Proto-Iranian *daywáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. Cognates include Sanskrit देव (deva), Latin deus, Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz (whence the first element in English Tuesday), Proto-Celtic *deiwos.

𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v /daiva/) m

1. (Iranian mythology, Zoroastrianism) foreign god, false god

• Middle Persian:

  Manichaean script: 𐫅𐫏𐫇 (dyw /⁠dēw⁠/, “evil spirit, demon”)

  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ŠDYA /⁠dēw⁠/, “evil spirit, demon”)

  • Classical Persian: دیوْ (dēw)
    • Dari: دیوْ (dēw)
    • Iranian Persian: دیوْ (div, “demon”)
      • → English: div
    • Tajik: дев (dev)
    • → Bengali: দেও (deō)
    • → Hindustani:

      Hindi: देव (dev)

      Urdu: دیوْ (dev)

    • → Kazakh: дәу (däu)
    • → Turkmen: döw
    • → Ottoman Turkish: دیو (div)
      • Turkish: dev, div
      • → Serbo-Croatian: div / див
  • ⇒ Middle Persian:

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (dywwk' /⁠dēwōg⁠/, “leech”)

    • Classical Persian:
      • Iranian Persian: دیوک (divok, divak, “leech”)
• → Aramaic: דיוא (daywā)
  • Classical Syriac: ܕܝܘܐ (daywā)
  • → Arabic: دِيُو (diyū)
    • → Kazakh: дию (diü)