deghan

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Etymology

From Persian دهقان (dehqân, “landowner”) From Middle Persian 𐭣𐭧𐭩𐭥𐭪𐭠𐭭 (dahigān, “countryman, farmer”), originally meaning “pertaining to the Deh”, from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭲𐭠 (deh, “country, land, village”).

Noun

deghan (plural deghans)

  1. (historical) A small-land-owning citizen of the Sassanian Empire.

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