deghan

Etymology

From Persian (dehqân, “landowner”) From Middle Persian 𐭣𐭧𐭩𐭥𐭪𐭠𐭭 (dahigān, “countryman, farmer”), originally meaning “pertaining to the Deh”, from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭲𐭠 (deh, “country, land, village”).

Noun

deghan (plural deghans)

(historical) A small-land-owning citizen of the Sassanian Empire.

Alternative forms

dehgan, dehkan, dehqan

Translations

Hindi: देहक़ान m (dehqān)
Ottoman Turkish: دهقان (dihkân)
Russian: дехканин (ru) (dexkanin)
Tajik: деҳқон (tg) (dehqon)
Uzbek: dehqon (uz)

Anagrams

hagden, hanged