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deghan

deghan noun: a small-land-owning citizen of the Sassanian Empire.

Noun

deghan (plural deghans)

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

deghan meaning in Hindi

deghan in Hindi

Translations
देहक़ान dehqān

Forms of deghan

pluraldeghans
alternative formdehgan
alternative formdehkan
alternative formdehqan

Origin of deghan

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

Questions about deghan

What does deghan mean?
Deghan means a small-land-owning citizen of the Sassanian Empire.
What is deghan in Hindi?
Deghan in Hindi is देहक़ान (dehqān). See Deghan meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is deghan?
Deghan is a noun.
What is the plural of deghan?
The plural of deghan is deghans.

Words near deghan in the dictionary

  1. Degersheim
  2. Degeyter
  3. degged
  4. Deggial
  5. degging
  6. deghan
  7. Deghand
  8. deghans
  9. deghettoization
  10. deghettoize
  11. deghettoized

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