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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (dwšhym /dušxēm/, “evil-natured”). By surface analysis, دژـ (dož-) + خیم (xim). Akin to Old Armenian դժխեմ (džxem), an Iranian borrowing.
Adjective
دژخیم • (dežxim, dožxim)
- malignant
- ill-tempered
- ugly
- avaricious, close-fisted
Noun
دژخیم • (dežxim, dožxim) (plural دژخیمها (dežxim, dožxim-hâ) or دژخیمان (dežxim, dožximân))
- executioner
- jailer
- governor of a fort
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դժխեմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 662–663
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 29
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دﮋ خيم”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 518