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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیو (div), from Classical Persian دیو (dēw), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.
Pronunciation
Noun
дев • (dev) m (folklore)
- dev, demihuman, giant
Declension
Alternative forms
Coordinate terms
Related terms
- диване́ (divané, “brat, stuborn child”)
References
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1908) “*девъ и дивъ”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 88
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дев, деф”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 330
Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
дев • (dev) f anim pl
- genitive/accusative plural of де́ва (déva)
Etymology 2
Participle
дев • (dev)
- short past adverbial perfective participle of деть (detʹ)