дев

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛf]

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Noun

дев • (dev) m (folklore)

1. dev, demihuman, giant

Declension

Declension of дев

	singular	plural
indefinite	дев dev	де́вове dévove
definite (subject form)	де́вът dévǎt	де́вовете dévovete
definite (object form)	де́ва déva
count form	—	де́ва déva
vocative form	де́ве déve	де́вове dévove

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]‎^[1] (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), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 330

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dʲef]

Etymology 1

Noun

дев • (dev) f anim pl

1. genitive/accusative plural of де́ва (déva)

Etymology 2

Participle

дев • (dev)

1. short past adverbial perfective participle of деть (detʹ)