دیوث
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic دَيُّوث (dayyūṯ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /daj.ˈjuːs/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪äj.juːs]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪æj.juːs]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪äj.jus]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | dayyūs |
| Dari reading? | dayyūs |
| Iranian reading? | dayyus |
| Tajik reading? | dayyus |
Noun
دیوث • (dayyus)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian دیوث (dayyūs), from Arabic دَيُّوث (dayyūṯ).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪əj.juːs/
- Homophone: دَیُّوس (dayyūs)
Noun
دَیُّوث • (dayyūs) m (Hindi spelling दय्यूस)
- a cuckold, wittol
- Synonyms: بَھاڑُو (bhāṛū), قُرَّم ساق (qurram sāq)
- a pimp, procurer
- a man who panders his own wife
- Synonyms: زَن جَلَب (zan jalab), قُرَّم ساق (qurram sāq)
- (derogatory, vulgar, dated) a generic term of abuse for a man
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | دَیُّوث (dayyūs) | دَیُّوث (dayyūs) |
| oblique | دَیُّوث (dayyūs) | دَیُّوثوں (dayyūsõ) |
| vocative | دَیُّوث (dayyūs) | دَیُّوثو (dayyūso) |
Derived terms
- دَیُّوثی (dayyūsī, “cuckoldry”)
- دَیُّوث کا بَچَّہ (dayyūs kā bacca, “son of a cuckold (term of abuse)”)
References
- “دیوث”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
- “دیوث”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “ديوث”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- John Shakespear (1834), “دیوث”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC