دژ

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Iranian (Parthian?), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰoyǵʰhos (“wall”), from the root *dʰeyǵʰ-; see there for further information.

The less common form دز (dez) is from Middle Persian KLYTA / dc (diz, “fortress”)

دژ • (dež) (plural دژها (dež-hâ))

1. fort, fortress

   Alternative form: دز (dez)

• دژبان (dežbân)
• دژبانی (dežbâni)
• دژدار (deždâr)

• → Urdu: دژ (daž)

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “diz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 311—316

From Classical Persian دژ (diž).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪əʒ/, /d̪ɪʒ/

دژ • (daž) ?

1. fortress, fort; citadel
2. castle

• دژبان (dažbān, “fort-keeper”)
• دژدار (daždār)
• دژ ِ رُوئیں (daž-e-rū'ī)

• “دژ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.