"دژ" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Persian]

IPA: /ˈdiʒ/ [Classical-Persian], [d̪ɪʒ] [Dari, formal], [d̪ɪʒ] [Dari, formal], [d̪ɪʒ] [Kabuli], [d̪iʒ] (note: Hazaragi), [d̪eʒ] [Iran, formal], [d̪iʒ] [Tajik, formal] Forms: dež [romanization], دژها [plural]
Rhymes: -iʒ Etymology: Iranian (Parthian?), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰoyǵʰhos (“wall”), from the root *dʰeyǵʰ-; see there for further information. The less common form دز (dez) is from Middle Persian KLYTA / dc (diz, “fortress”) Etymology templates: {{wp|fa:}}, {{uder|fa|ira|-}} Iranian, {{cog|ine-pro||*dʰoyǵʰhos|wall}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰoyǵʰhos (“wall”), {{inh|fa|pal|KLYTA}} Middle Persian KLYTA Head templates: {{fa-noun|pl=دژها|pltr=dež-hâ|tr=dež}} دژ • (dež) (plural دژها (dež-hâ))
  1. fort, fortress Derived forms: دژبان (dežbân), دژبانی (dežbâni), دژدار (deždâr) Related terms: دز [alternative]
    Sense id: en-دژ-fa-noun-zIFMFpDE Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header, Persian undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 92 6 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 5 2

Noun [Urdu]

IPA: /d̪əʒ/ [Standard, Urdu], /d̪ɪʒ/ [Standard, Urdu] Forms: daź [romanization], diź [romanization], दझ़ [Hindi], दिझ़ [Hindi]
Etymology: From Classical Persian دژ (diź). Etymology templates: {{bor|ur|fa-cls|دژ|tr=diź}} Classical Persian دژ (diź) Head templates: {{ur-noun|m|hi=दझ़,दिझ़|tr=daź,diź}} دژ • (daź or diź) m (Hindi spelling दझ़ or दिझ़)
  1. fortress, fort; citadel Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-دژ-ur-noun-~leVYpzA Categories (other): Urdu entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Urdu entries with incorrect language header: 81 19
  2. castle Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-دژ-ur-noun-kTpT198v
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: دژبان (daźbān) (english: fort-keeper), دژدار (daźdār), دژ ِ رُوئیں (daź-e-rū'ī)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "lang_code": "hi",
          "roman": "daź",
          "word": "दझ़"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "lang_code": "hi",
          "roman": "diź",
          "word": "दिझ़"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "lang_code": "ur",
          "roman": "daź, diź",
          "word": "دژ"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Hindustani",
      "lang_code": "inc-hnd",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa:"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "wp"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Iranian",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*dʰoyǵʰhos",
        "4": "wall"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰoyǵʰhos (“wall”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "KLYTA"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian KLYTA",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Iranian (Parthian?), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰoyǵʰhos (“wall”), from the root *dʰeyǵʰ-; see there for further information.\nThe less common form دز (dez) is from Middle Persian KLYTA / dc (diz, “fortress”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dež",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دژها",
      "roman": "dež-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "دژها",
        "pltr": "dež-hâ",
        "tr": "dež"
      },
      "expansion": "دژ • (dež) (plural دژها (dež-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian undefined derivations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 6 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 5 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "dežbân",
          "word": "دژبان"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dežbâni",
          "word": "دژبانی"
        },
        {
          "roman": "deždâr",
          "word": "دژدار"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fort, fortress"
      ],
      "id": "en-دژ-fa-noun-zIFMFpDE",
      "links": [
        [
          "fort",
          "fort"
        ],
        [
          "fortress",
          "fortress"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "alternative"
          ],
          "word": "دز"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdiʒ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪ɪʒ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪ɪʒ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪ɪʒ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪iʒ]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪eʒ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪iʒ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iʒ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "دژ"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "fort-keeper",
      "roman": "daźbān",
      "translation": "fort-keeper",
      "word": "دژبان"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "daźdār",
      "word": "دژدار"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "daź-e-rū'ī",
      "word": "دژ ِ رُوئیں"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ur",
        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "دژ",
        "tr": "diź"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Persian دژ (diź)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Classical Persian دژ (diź).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "daź",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diź",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दझ़",
      "tags": [
        "Hindi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दिझ़",
      "tags": [
        "Hindi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "hi": "दझ़,दिझ़",
        "tr": "daź,diź"
      },
      "expansion": "دژ • (daź or diź) m (Hindi spelling दझ़ or दिझ़)",
      "name": "ur-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Urdu",
  "lang_code": "ur",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Urdu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fortress, fort; citadel"
      ],
      "id": "en-دژ-ur-noun-~leVYpzA",
      "links": [
        [
          "fortress",
          "fortress"
        ],
        [
          "fort",
          "fort"
        ],
        [
          "citadel",
          "citadel"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "castle"
      ],
      "id": "en-دژ-ur-noun-kTpT198v",
      "links": [
        [
          "castle",
          "castle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪əʒ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard",
        "Urdu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪ɪʒ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard",
        "Urdu"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "دژ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "dežbân",
      "word": "دژبان"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dežbâni",
      "word": "دژبانی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "deždâr",
      "word": "دژدار"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "lang_code": "hi",
          "roman": "daź",
          "word": "दझ़"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "lang_code": "hi",
          "roman": "diź",
          "word": "दिझ़"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "lang_code": "ur",
          "roman": "daź, diź",
          "word": "دژ"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Hindustani",
      "lang_code": "inc-hnd",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa:"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "wp"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Iranian",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*dʰoyǵʰhos",
        "4": "wall"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰoyǵʰhos (“wall”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "KLYTA"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian KLYTA",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Iranian (Parthian?), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰoyǵʰhos (“wall”), from the root *dʰeyǵʰ-; see there for further information.\nThe less common form دز (dez) is from Middle Persian KLYTA / dc (diz, “fortress”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dež",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دژها",
      "roman": "dež-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "دژها",
        "pltr": "dež-hâ",
        "tr": "dež"
      },
      "expansion": "دژ • (dež) (plural دژها (dež-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Persian lemmas",
        "Persian nouns",
        "Persian terms derived from Iranian languages",
        "Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
        "Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian",
        "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Persian undefined derivations",
        "Rhymes:Persian/iʒ",
        "Rhymes:Persian/iʒ/1 syllable"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fort, fortress"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fort",
          "fort"
        ],
        [
          "fortress",
          "fortress"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "alternative"
          ],
          "word": "دز"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdiʒ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪ɪʒ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪ɪʒ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪ɪʒ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪iʒ]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪eʒ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪iʒ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iʒ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "دژ"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Urdu entries with incorrect language header",
    "Urdu lemmas",
    "Urdu masculine nouns",
    "Urdu nouns",
    "Urdu terms borrowed from Classical Persian",
    "Urdu terms derived from Classical Persian",
    "Urdu terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "fort-keeper",
      "roman": "daźbān",
      "translation": "fort-keeper",
      "word": "دژبان"
    },
    {
      "roman": "daźdār",
      "word": "دژدار"
    },
    {
      "roman": "daź-e-rū'ī",
      "word": "دژ ِ رُوئیں"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ur",
        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "دژ",
        "tr": "diź"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Persian دژ (diź)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Classical Persian دژ (diź).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "daź",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diź",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दझ़",
      "tags": [
        "Hindi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दिझ़",
      "tags": [
        "Hindi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "hi": "दझ़,दिझ़",
        "tr": "daź,diź"
      },
      "expansion": "دژ • (daź or diź) m (Hindi spelling दझ़ or दिझ़)",
      "name": "ur-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Urdu",
  "lang_code": "ur",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fortress, fort; citadel"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fortress",
          "fortress"
        ],
        [
          "fort",
          "fort"
        ],
        [
          "citadel",
          "citadel"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "castle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "castle",
          "castle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪əʒ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard",
        "Urdu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪ɪʒ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard",
        "Urdu"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "دژ"
}

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