# дев
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیو (div), from Classical Persian دیو (dēw), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dɛf]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

дев • (dev) m (folklore)
* dev, demihuman, giant

#### Alternative forms

* деф (def), див (div)

#### Coordinate terms

* джин (džin, “jinn”)
* ифри́т (ifrít, “ifrit”)
* шайта́н (šajtán, “shaitan”)

#### 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), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 330

## Nogai
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tē-.

### Verb

дев • (dev)
* to speak, talk

### References

* N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “дев”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN

## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dʲef]

### 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)

## Tajik
### Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian دیوْ (dēw).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dev/, [d̪ew]

### Noun

дев • (dev) (Persian spelling دیو)
* demon, devil; evil supernatural creature.
    Synonym: шайтон (šayton)
** (Islam) an evil or wicked jinn
** (Zoroastrianism) daeva

#### Inflection

Inflection of дев :
| | | singular | plural |
| sound | broken$^2$ | or broken$^2$ |
| bare | bare | дев dev | девон devon$^1$ | [Term?] | [Term?] |
| definite object | definite object | девро devro | девонро devonro$^1$ | ро ro | ро ro |
| izofa | izofa | деви dev-i | девони devon-i$^1$ | и i | и i |
| indefinite, definite relative | bare | деве deve | — | — | — |
| indefinite, definite relative | object | деверо devero | — | — | — |
| $^1$The plural form in -ҳо (-ho) (девҳо (devho)), is also acceptable. ||||||
Possessive forms of дев :
| | | singular | plural |
| sound | broken$^2$ | broken$^2$ |
| bare | 1st singular | девам devam | девонам devonam$^1$ | ам am | ам am |
| bare | 2nd singular | деват devat | девонат devonat$^1$ | ат at | ат at |
| bare | 3rd singular | деваш devaš | девонаш devonaš$^1$ | аш aš | аш aš |
| bare | 1st plural | девамон devamon | девонамон devonamon$^1$ | амон amon | амон amon |
| bare | 2nd plural | деватон devaton | девонатон devonaton$^1$ | атон aton | атон aton |
| bare | 3rd plural | девашон devašon | девонашон devonašon$^1$ | ашон ašon | ашон ašon |
| | | singular | plural |
| sound | broken$^2$ | broken$^2$ |
| definite object | 1st singular | девамро devamro | девонамро devonamro$^1$ | амро amro | амро amro |
| definite object | 2nd singular | деватро devatro | девонатро devonatro$^1$ | атро atro | атро atro |
| definite object | 3rd singular | девашро devašro | девонашро devonašro$^1$ | ашро ašro | ашро ašro |
| definite object | 1st plural | девамонро devamonro | девонамонро devonamonro$^1$ | амонро amonro | амонро amonro |
| definite object | 2nd plural | деватонро devatonro | девонатонро devonatonro$^1$ | атонро atonro | атонро atonro |
| definite object | 3rd plural | девашонро devašonro | девонашонро devonašonro$^1$ | ашонро ašonro | ашонро ašonro |
| $^1$The plural form in -ҳо (-ho) (девҳо (devho)), is also acceptable. ||||||

#### Derived terms

* дева (deva)
* девбача (devbača)

### Further reading

* дев on the Tajik Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{tg}$
* “дев”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2024
* Jilani, Jon (2009) Tajik-English/English-Tajik practical dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 23