Persian

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [dæʒ]

Adjective

دژ • ‎(daž)

1. wicked
2. bad

Noun

دژ • ‎(daž)

1. anger
2. wickedness

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian KLYTA / dc ‎(diz, “fortress”), borrowed from a Northwestern Iranian language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰoyǵʰhos ‎(“wall”), from the root *dʰeyǵʰ-; see there for more.

Alternative forms

• دز ‎(dez)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

دژ • ‎(dež) ‎(plural دژها ‎(dež-hâ))

1. 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