Egyptian Arabic

Determiner

ده • ‎(da) m ‎(f دي, pl دول)

1. this

   قريت الكتاب ده

   I read this book.

Pronoun

ده • ‎(da) m ‎(f دي, pl دول)

1. this

   ده كتاب

   This is a book

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] ‎(dah), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎰 ‎(daϑa), from Proto-Iranian *daśa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daća, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t. Compare Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬯𐬀 ‎(dasa), Kurdish deh, Ossetian дӕс ‎(dæs), Pashto لس ‎(ləs), Sanskrit दश ‎(daśa), Urdu دس ‎(das), also Armenian տասը ‎(tasə), Greek δέκα ‎(déka), Russian десять ‎(desjatʹ), Latin decem, English ten.^[1]

Numeral

ده (dah)

1. ten

Related terms

• ده هزار ‎(dah hezâr)

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *dahyu- ‎(“country, district, province”). Compare Old Armenian դեհ ‎(deh), an Iranian borrowing.

Alternative forms

• دیه ‎(dīh)

Noun

ده • ‎(deh)

1. village

Etymology 3

Verb

ده • ‎(deh)

1. present stem of دادن (dâdan), to give

References

1. ↑ Benjamin W. Fortson IV (2010), “Indo-Iranian I: Indic”, in Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, 2nd edition, page 203