deghan

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

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

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