دژ

See also: در‎, ڈر‎, ذر‎, and دز‎

Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [doʒ], [deʒ]

Prefix

Dari Persian	دژ‎
Iranian Persian	دژ‎
Tajiki Persian	дуж- (duž-)

دژ • (dož- or dež-)

bad, difficult, hard

Etymology 2

Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰoyǵʰhos (“wall”), from the root *dʰeyǵʰ-; see there for more.

The less commonly form ‎ (dez) is from Middle Persian KLYTA / dc (diz, “fortress”)

Alternative forms

دز‎ (dez)

Pronunciation

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /deʒ/, [deʒ]

Noun

Dari Persian	دژ‎
Iranian Persian	دژ‎
Tajiki Persian	диж (diž)

دژ • (dež) (plural دژها‎ (dež-hâ))

fort, fortress

Derived terms

دژبان‎ (dežbân)
دژبانی‎ (dežbâni)
دژدار‎ (deždâr)

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “diz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 311—316

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