دیو

Borrowed from Persian دیو‎ (div).

دیو • (div)

1. demon
2. jinn, genie
3. giant

• Serbo-Croatian: див

From Middle Persian ŠDYA (dēw, “evil spirit”), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (daiva-), from Proto-Iranian *daiva- (compare Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀‎ (daēuua-)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit देव (devá)), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”) (compare Welsh duw, Latin deus, dīvus, Lithuanian dievas). Akin to Old Armenian դեւ (dew), Georgian დევი (devi), Iranian borrowings.

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /deːw/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [diːv]

دیو • (dêv) (plural دیوان‎ (dêvân) or دیوها‎ (dêv-hâ))

1. demon
2. daeva

• دیوسان‎ (dêv-sân)

• Arabic: ديو‎ (díyu)
• Hindustani:
  • Hindi: देव (dev)
  • Urdu: دیو‎ (dev)
• Ottoman Turkish: دیو‎ (div)
  • Serbo-Croatian: div / див
  • Turkish: dev, div

Borrowed from Persian دیو‎ (div).

دیو • (dev) m (Hindi spelling देव)

1. demon
2. jinn

From Sanskrit दैव (daiva).

دیو • (daiv) m (Hindi spelling दैव)

1. deva
2. deity
3. god
4. celestial being