دیم

See also: ديم

Baluchi

Noun

دیم • (dem)

1. face

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐫅𐫏𐫖 (dym /⁠dēm⁠/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰáHiman, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyh₂-men, from the root *dʰeyh₂- (“think, perceive, reflect”).

Compare Parthian 𐫅𐫏𐫖 (dym /⁠dēm⁠/), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬨𐬀𐬥 (daēman, “eye; sight, vision”), and Old Armenian դէմ (dēm), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [deːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪eːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪eːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪eːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪eːm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪iːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪em]

Readings
Classical reading?	dēm
Dari reading?	dēm
Iranian reading?	dim
Tajik reading?	dem

Noun

دیم • (dim)

1. face, visage

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دیم”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Talysh

Etymology

Compare Parthian 𐫅𐫏𐫖 (dym /⁠dēm⁠/), Middle Persian 𐫅𐫏𐫖 (dym /⁠dēm⁠/), Persian دیم (dim), Baluchi دیم (dem), Gurani دیم (dīm, “face”), Central Kurdish دیو (dîw, “side, face, surface”), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬨𐬀𐬥 (daēman, “eye, look, sight”).

Noun

دیم (dim)

1. face

Derived terms

• دیمادیم (dimâdim)