dywʾl

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Middle Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Persian 𐎮𐎡𐎭𐎠 (didā-, “wall, fortress”) + *-wāra.[1] The first part is from Proto-Iranian *dáyjah, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéyǵʰ-o-s (“to form, knead”),[2] and the second part is from Proto-Iranian *wāra-.

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Particularly: “Is the second part, *-wāra, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wārás, from Proto-Indo-European *wer-ós, from *wer- (“to watch, keep guard, cover”)? Compare Sanskrit वार (vāra, “covering, restraining, enclosure”).”

Noun[edit]

dywʾl • (dēwār)

  1. wall

Descendants[edit]

  • Classical Persian: دیوار (dēwār)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Garnik Asatrian (2017) “SWIran. *didā- “fortress, walled residence” in Iranian Toponymy”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎[1], volume 21, Brill, page 389
  2. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 315
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