deghan

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deghan

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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”).

noun deghans · dehgan · dehkan · dehqan

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

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हिन्दीदेहक़ान dehqān
Русскийдехканин dexkanin

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@misc{deghan_2026,
  title = {deghan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deghan},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}