See دیو in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "dēwāna / divâne",
"word": "دیوانه"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "dēwsān / divsân",
"word": "دیوسان"
}
],
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "prs",
"2": "دیوْ"
},
"expansion": "Dari: دیوْ (dēw)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Dari: دیوْ (dēw)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa-ira",
"2": "دیوْ",
"t": "demon"
},
"expansion": "Iranian Persian: دیوْ (div, “demon”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Iranian Persian: دیوْ (div, “demon”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "div",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: div",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: div"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tg",
"2": "дев"
},
"expansion": "Tajik: дев (dev)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Tajik: дев (dev)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bn",
"2": "দেও",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bengali: দেও (deō)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bengali: দেও (deō)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-hnd",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindustani:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindustani:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "देव"
},
"expansion": "Hindi: देव (dev)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Hindi: देव (dev)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "دیوْ"
},
"expansion": "Urdu: دیوْ (dev)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Urdu: دیوْ (dev)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kk",
"2": "дәу",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kazakh: дәу (däu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kazakh: дәу (däu)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tk",
"2": "döw",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Turkmen: döw",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Turkmen: döw"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ota",
"2": "دیو",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "div"
},
"expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: دیو (div)\nTurkish: dev, div\n→ Serbo-Croatian: div / див",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: دیو (div)\nTurkish: dev, div\n→ Serbo-Croatian: div / див"
}
],
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"2": "inh",
"3": "peo>𐎭𐎡𐎺>foreign god",
"id": "demon",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *dyew-\nProto-Indo-European *-ós\nProto-Indo-European *deywós\nProto-Indo-Iranian *daywás\nProto-Iranian *daywáh\nOld Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v)\nPersian دیو",
"name": "etymon"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Inherited"
},
"expansion": "Inherited",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "pal",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "evil spirit, forces of the Evil One",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "Phlv",
"sort": "",
"tr": "ŠDYA",
"ts": "dēw"
},
"expansion": "Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ŠDYA /dēw/, “evil spirit, forces of the Evil One”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "pal",
"sc": "Phlv",
"t": "evil spirit, forces of the Evil One",
"tr": "ŠDYA",
"ts": "dēw"
},
"expansion": "Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ŠDYA /dēw/, “evil spirit, forces of the Evil One”)",
"name": "inh+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "peo",
"3": "𐎭𐎡𐎺",
"tr": "daiva-"
},
"expansion": "Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (daiva-)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "ira-pro",
"3": "*daywáh"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Iranian *daywáh",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "iir-pro",
"3": "*daywás"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*deywós"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *deywós",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *dyew-\nProto-Indo-European *-ós\nProto-Indo-European *deywós\nProto-Indo-Iranian *daywás\nProto-Iranian *daywáh\nOld Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v)\nPersian دیو\nInherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ŠDYA /dēw/, “evil spirit, forces of the Evil One”), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (daiva-), from Proto-Iranian *daywáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "dēw",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "div",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "دیوان",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "دیوها",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "دیوان",
"5": "or",
"6": "دیوها",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"f1tr": "-",
"f2tr": "-",
"f3tr": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"head3": "",
"tr": "dēw /div",
"tr2": "",
"tr3": ""
},
"expansion": "دیو • (dēw /div) (plural دیوان or دیوها)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"pl": "دیوان",
"pl2": "دیوها",
"pl2tr": "-",
"pltr": "-",
"tr": "dēw /div"
},
"expansion": "دیو • (dēw /div) (plural دیوان or دیوها)",
"name": "fa-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "fa",
"name": "Islam",
"orig": "fa:Islam",
"parents": [
"Abrahamism",
"Religion",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "57 25 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "65 20 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Persian entries with etymology trees",
"parents": [
"Entries with etymology trees",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "73 16 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"demon, devil, goblin; evil supernatural creature",
"wicked jinn; sometimes contrasted with پری (pari, “fairy, good jinn”)."
],
"id": "en-دیو-fa-noun-BDCquXGF",
"links": [
[
"demon",
"demon"
],
[
"devil",
"devil"
],
[
"goblin",
"goblin"
],
[
"evil",
"evil"
],
[
"supernatural",
"supernatural"
],
[
"creature",
"creature"
],
[
"wicked",
"wicked"
],
[
"jinn",
"jinn"
],
[
"پری",
"پری#Persian"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"demon, devil, goblin; evil supernatural creature",
"(Islam) wicked jinn; sometimes contrasted with پری (pari, “fairy, good jinn”)."
],
"topics": [
"Islam",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "fa",
"name": "Zoroastrianism",
"orig": "fa:Zoroastrianism",
"parents": [
"Ancient Near East",
"Religion",
"Ancient Asia",
"Ancient history",
"Culture",
"History of Asia",
"History",
"Society",
"Asia",
"All topics",
"Earth",
"Eurasia",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"demon, devil, goblin; evil supernatural creature",
"daeva, a spirit of evil"
],
"id": "en-دیو-fa-noun-GAYOGlEY",
"links": [
[
"demon",
"demon"
],
[
"devil",
"devil"
],
[
"goblin",
"goblin"
],
[
"evil",
"evil"
],
[
"supernatural",
"supernatural"
],
[
"creature",
"creature"
],
[
"Zoroastrianism",
"Zoroastrianism"
],
[
"daeva",
"daeva"
],
[
"spirit",
"spirit"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"demon, devil, goblin; evil supernatural creature",
"(Zoroastrianism) daeva, a spirit of evil"
],
"topics": [
"Zoroastrianism",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Consider the demon to be a bad person.\nWhoever does not have gratitude towards God\nAnd whoever leaves the proper path of humanity:\nCount him as among the demons, do not consider him a human.",
"ref": "c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The tale of the Akwān Dēw”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]:",
"roman": "tu mar dēw rā mardum-i bad šinās\nkasē k-ō na-dārad zi yazdān sipās\nhar ān k-ō guḏašt az rah-i mardumī\nzi dēwān šumar mašumar az ādamī",
"text": "تو مر دیو را مردم بد شناس\nکسی کو ندارد ز یزدان سپاس\nهرانکو گذشت از ره مردمی\nز دیوان شمر مشمر از آدمی",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"demon, devil, goblin; evil supernatural creature"
],
"id": "en-دیو-fa-noun--B7wre~7",
"links": [
[
"demon",
"demon"
],
[
"devil",
"devil"
],
[
"goblin",
"goblin"
],
[
"evil",
"evil"
],
[
"supernatural",
"supernatural"
],
[
"creature",
"creature"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[deːw]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Persian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[d̪eːw]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[d̪eːw]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[d̪eːw]",
"tags": [
"Kabuli"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[d̪eːw]",
"note": "Hazaragi"
},
{
"ipa": "[d̪iːv]",
"tags": [
"Iran",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[d̪ew]",
"tags": [
"Tajik",
"formal"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"fa:دیو"
],
"word": "دیو"
}
{
"categories": [
"Old Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Persian entries with etymology trees",
"Persian entries with incorrect language header",
"Persian lemmas",
"Persian nouns",
"Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
"Persian terms derived from Old Persian",
"Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
"Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
"Persian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dyew-",
"Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian",
"Persian terms inherited from Old Persian",
"Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
"Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian",
"Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Requests for Book Pahlavi script for Middle Persian terms",
"ur:Hinduism"
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "dēwāna / divâne",
"word": "دیوانه"
},
{
"roman": "dēwsān / divsân",
"word": "دیوسان"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "prs",
"2": "دیوْ"
},
"expansion": "Dari: دیوْ (dēw)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Dari: دیوْ (dēw)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa-ira",
"2": "دیوْ",
"t": "demon"
},
"expansion": "Iranian Persian: دیوْ (div, “demon”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Iranian Persian: دیوْ (div, “demon”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "div",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: div",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: div"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tg",
"2": "дев"
},
"expansion": "Tajik: дев (dev)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Tajik: дев (dev)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bn",
"2": "দেও",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bengali: দেও (deō)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bengali: দেও (deō)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-hnd",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindustani:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindustani:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "देव"
},
"expansion": "Hindi: देव (dev)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Hindi: देव (dev)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "دیوْ"
},
"expansion": "Urdu: دیوْ (dev)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Urdu: دیوْ (dev)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kk",
"2": "дәу",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kazakh: дәу (däu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kazakh: дәу (däu)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tk",
"2": "döw",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Turkmen: döw",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Turkmen: döw"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ota",
"2": "دیو",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "div"
},
"expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: دیو (div)\nTurkish: dev, div\n→ Serbo-Croatian: div / див",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: دیو (div)\nTurkish: dev, div\n→ Serbo-Croatian: div / див"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "inh",
"3": "peo>𐎭𐎡𐎺>foreign god",
"id": "demon",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *dyew-\nProto-Indo-European *-ós\nProto-Indo-European *deywós\nProto-Indo-Iranian *daywás\nProto-Iranian *daywáh\nOld Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v)\nPersian دیو",
"name": "etymon"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Inherited"
},
"expansion": "Inherited",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "pal",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "evil spirit, forces of the Evil One",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "Phlv",
"sort": "",
"tr": "ŠDYA",
"ts": "dēw"
},
"expansion": "Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ŠDYA /dēw/, “evil spirit, forces of the Evil One”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "pal",
"sc": "Phlv",
"t": "evil spirit, forces of the Evil One",
"tr": "ŠDYA",
"ts": "dēw"
},
"expansion": "Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ŠDYA /dēw/, “evil spirit, forces of the Evil One”)",
"name": "inh+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "peo",
"3": "𐎭𐎡𐎺",
"tr": "daiva-"
},
"expansion": "Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (daiva-)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "ira-pro",
"3": "*daywáh"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Iranian *daywáh",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "iir-pro",
"3": "*daywás"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*deywós"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *deywós",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *dyew-\nProto-Indo-European *-ós\nProto-Indo-European *deywós\nProto-Indo-Iranian *daywás\nProto-Iranian *daywáh\nOld Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v)\nPersian دیو\nInherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ŠDYA /dēw/, “evil spirit, forces of the Evil One”), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (daiva-), from Proto-Iranian *daywáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "dēw",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "div",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "دیوان",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "دیوها",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "دیوان",
"5": "or",
"6": "دیوها",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"f1tr": "-",
"f2tr": "-",
"f3tr": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"head3": "",
"tr": "dēw /div",
"tr2": "",
"tr3": ""
},
"expansion": "دیو • (dēw /div) (plural دیوان or دیوها)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"pl": "دیوان",
"pl2": "دیوها",
"pl2tr": "-",
"pltr": "-",
"tr": "dēw /div"
},
"expansion": "دیو • (dēw /div) (plural دیوان or دیوها)",
"name": "fa-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Persian terms with quotations",
"fa:Islam"
],
"glosses": [
"demon, devil, goblin; evil supernatural creature",
"wicked jinn; sometimes contrasted with پری (pari, “fairy, good jinn”)."
],
"links": [
[
"demon",
"demon"
],
[
"devil",
"devil"
],
[
"goblin",
"goblin"
],
[
"evil",
"evil"
],
[
"supernatural",
"supernatural"
],
[
"creature",
"creature"
],
[
"wicked",
"wicked"
],
[
"jinn",
"jinn"
],
[
"پری",
"پری#Persian"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"demon, devil, goblin; evil supernatural creature",
"(Islam) wicked jinn; sometimes contrasted with پری (pari, “fairy, good jinn”)."
],
"topics": [
"Islam",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Persian terms with quotations",
"fa:Zoroastrianism"
],
"glosses": [
"demon, devil, goblin; evil supernatural creature",
"daeva, a spirit of evil"
],
"links": [
[
"demon",
"demon"
],
[
"devil",
"devil"
],
[
"goblin",
"goblin"
],
[
"evil",
"evil"
],
[
"supernatural",
"supernatural"
],
[
"creature",
"creature"
],
[
"Zoroastrianism",
"Zoroastrianism"
],
[
"daeva",
"daeva"
],
[
"spirit",
"spirit"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"demon, devil, goblin; evil supernatural creature",
"(Zoroastrianism) daeva, a spirit of evil"
],
"topics": [
"Zoroastrianism",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Persian terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Consider the demon to be a bad person.\nWhoever does not have gratitude towards God\nAnd whoever leaves the proper path of humanity:\nCount him as among the demons, do not consider him a human.",
"ref": "c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The tale of the Akwān Dēw”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]:",
"roman": "tu mar dēw rā mardum-i bad šinās\nkasē k-ō na-dārad zi yazdān sipās\nhar ān k-ō guḏašt az rah-i mardumī\nzi dēwān šumar mašumar az ādamī",
"text": "تو مر دیو را مردم بد شناس\nکسی کو ندارد ز یزدان سپاس\nهرانکو گذشت از ره مردمی\nز دیوان شمر مشمر از آدمی",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"demon, devil, goblin; evil supernatural creature"
],
"links": [
[
"demon",
"demon"
],
[
"devil",
"devil"
],
[
"goblin",
"goblin"
],
[
"evil",
"evil"
],
[
"supernatural",
"supernatural"
],
[
"creature",
"creature"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[deːw]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Persian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[d̪eːw]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[d̪eːw]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[d̪eːw]",
"tags": [
"Kabuli"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[d̪eːw]",
"note": "Hazaragi"
},
{
"ipa": "[d̪iːv]",
"tags": [
"Iran",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[d̪ew]",
"tags": [
"Tajik",
"formal"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"fa:دیو"
],
"word": "دیو"
}
Download raw JSONL data for دیو meaning in Persian (8.2kB)
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"title": "دیو",
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