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Middle Persian
Etymology
From Old Persian 𐎮𐎡𐎭𐎠 (didā-, “wall, fortress”) + *-wāra.[1] The first part is from Proto-Iranian *dáyjah, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéyǵʰ-o-s (“to form, knead”),[2] and the second part is from Proto-Iranian *wāra-.
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Particularly: “Is the second part, *-wāra, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wārás, from Proto-Indo-European *wer-ós, from *wer- (“to watch, keep guard, cover”)? Compare Sanskrit वार (vāra, “covering, restraining, enclosure”).”
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Noun
dywʾl • (dēwār)
- wall
Descendants
References
- ^ Garnik Asatrian (2017) “SWIran. *didā- “fortress, walled residence” in Iranian Toponymy”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 21, Brill, page 389
- ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 315