دیگ

Etymology

From Middle Persian dyk' (dēg, “cauldron”), from Proto-Iranian *dai(a)-ka-, from Proto-Iranian *daiH- (“to shine, radiate, light a fire”), with possible semantic contamination from Proto-Iranian *daĵ- (“to burn”).^[1] The former is from Proto-Indo-European *deyh₂- (“to shine, be bright”) and cognate with Semnani دیک (dik, “pot”),^[2] Sanskrit दीप् (dīp, “to blaze, illuminate”), Ancient Greek δέατο (déato, “shone”), and Old Norse teitr (“cheerful”), while the latter is from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).^[3]

An alternative theory derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to form, shape”).

Pronunciation

Noun

دیگ • (dig or dêg)

1. pot (cookery)

References

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دیگ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Vullers, Johann August (1855) “دیگ”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume 1, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 953b–954a
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “dēg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 26

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دیگ (dēg).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪eːɡ/

Noun

دیگ (deg) f

1. cooking pot, cauldron

Etymology

From Classical Persian دیگ (dēg).

Noun

دیگ • (deg) f (Hindi spelling देग)

1. pot

Etymology

From Urdu دیگ (deg).

Noun

دیگ (deg)

1. pot