Etymology

deghan

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Today it means: A small-land-owning citizen of the Sassanian Empire. Full definition →

Persian دهقان ← Middle Persian 𐭣𐭧𐭩𐭥𐭪𐭠𐭭
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  1. Middle Persian · derived from𐭬𐭲𐭠“country, land, village”
  2. Middle Persian · derived from𐭣𐭧𐭩𐭥𐭪𐭠𐭭“countryman, farmer”
  3. Persian · derived fromدهقان“landowner”
  4. English todaydeghan

From Persian دهقان (dehqân, “landowner”) From Middle Persian 𐭣𐭧𐭩𐭥𐭪𐭠𐭭 (dahigān, “countryman, farmer”), originally meaning “pertaining to the Deh”, from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭲𐭠 (deh, “country, land, village”).

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