# dev
## English
### Etymology 1

Clipping.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛv/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛv

#### Noun

dev (countable and uncountable, plural devs)
* Clipping of developer.
** 2022 September 8, Brad Norton, “MultiVersus patch 1.02 notes: Gizmo release, hitbox overhaul, Finn buffs, more”, in Dexerto‎:“Our goal with this update is to more tightly tie hitboxes and hurtboxes to our character’s animations,” devs explained in the blog post.
** 2024 September 4, Connor Bennett, “Rockstar dev claps back at GTA 6 fans finding “mistakes” in trailer”, in Dexerto‎:Some fans, naturally, quizzed the Rockstar dev as to when they might expect a second trailer to drop. However, as is classic Rockstar, there are no answers on that front.
* Clipping of development.
    game dev
* (computing, Unix) Clipping of device.

##### Derived terms

* /dev/null
* devkit
* gamedev
* web dev

##### Descendants

* French: dev

### Etymology 2

From Armenian դեւ (dew). Doublet of daeva.

#### Noun

dev (plural devs)
* (Armenian mythology) A monster, dragon, serpent, or giant.
* (Armenian mythology) An immortal spirit who inhabits old ruins.

### Anagrams

* DVE, EDV, VED

## Breton
### Adjective

dev
* Soft mutation of tev.

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English dev.

### Noun

dev m or f by sense (plural devs)
* (computing) Synonym of développeur (“dev”)

## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology

Related to Persian دهان (dahân).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛv/
* Rhymes: -ɛv

### Noun

dev m
* mouth

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دیو (div, dev), from Persian دیو (dev, “demon”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dɛβ]

### Noun

dev (definite accusative devi, plural devler)
* giant
* colossus
* (slang) cop

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
dev
devler
definite accusative
devi
devleri
dative
deve
devlere
locative
devde
devlerde
ablative
devden
devlerden
genitive
devin
devlerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
devim
devlerim
2nd singular
devin
devlerin
3rd singular
devi
devleri
1st plural
devimiz
devlerimiz
2nd plural
deviniz
devleriniz
3rd plural
devleri
devleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
devimi
devlerimi
2nd singular
devini
devlerini
3rd singular
devini
devlerini
1st plural
devimizi
devlerimizi
2nd plural
devinizi
devlerinizi
3rd plural
devlerini
devlerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
devime
devlerime
2nd singular
devine
devlerine
3rd singular
devine
devlerine
1st plural
devimize
devlerimize
2nd plural
devinize
devlerinize
3rd plural
devlerine
devlerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
devimde
devlerimde
2nd singular
devinde
devlerinde
3rd singular
devinde
devlerinde
1st plural
devimizde
devlerimizde
2nd plural
devinizde
devlerinizde
3rd plural
devlerinde
devlerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
devimden
devlerimden
2nd singular
devinden
devlerinden
3rd singular
devinden
devlerinden
1st plural
devimizden
devlerimizden
2nd plural
devinizden
devlerinizden
3rd plural
devlerinden
devlerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
devimin
devlerimin
2nd singular
devinin
devlerinin
3rd singular
devinin
devlerinin
1st plural
devimizin
devlerimizin
2nd plural
devinizin
devlerinizin
3rd plural
devlerinin
devlerinin
Predicative forms
singular
plural
1st singular
devim
devlerim
2nd singular
devsin
devlersin
3rd singular
dev devdir
devler devlerdir
1st plural
deviz
devleriz
2nd plural
devsiniz
devlersiniz
3rd plural
devler
devlerdir :

### Adjective

dev
* giant, huge
    dev vücudunda küçük bir kalbe sahip. ― he/she possesses a little heart in his/her huge body.

#### Synonyms

* devasa
* dev gibi
* kocaman
* koca
* koskoca
* koskocaman
* kocaman
* muazzam

### References

* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دیو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 940

## White Hmong
### Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *qluwX (“dog”). Cognate with Iu Mien juv.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /de˧˦/

### Noun

dev (classifier: tus)
* dog

#### References

* Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 34-5.