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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐭣𐭩𐭣𐭩𐭬𐭩 (dīyēm, dīdēm, “diadem”) from Parthian 𐭃𐭉𐭃𐭉𐭌 (dīδēm, dīdēm, “half-crown, flower-crown”). Ultimately from Ancient Greek διάδημα (diádēma).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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dayhīm
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| Dari reading?
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dayhīm
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| Iranian reading?
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deyhim
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| Tajik reading?
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dayhim
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Noun
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دیهیم
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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дайҳим
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دیهیم • (dayhīm) (plural دیهیمها (dayhīm-hâ))
- (archaic) diadem
- 10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh
که بوُد آنْکه دَیْهیم بَر سَر نِهاد
نَدارَد کَس آن روزگاران بِیاد- kē būd ān-kē dayhīm bar sar nihād
nadārad kas ān rōzgārān bi-yād - who was he wore the diadem?!
No one remembers those days (No one remembers the epoch of the olden kings).
References
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “دیهیم”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press