Meaning of دیو | Babel Free

Definitions

1. demon, devil, goblin; evil supernatural creature
2. wicked jinn; sometimes contrasted with پری (parī /pari, “fairy, good jinn”).
3. daeva, a spirit of evil

Equivalents

Examples

“تو مر دیو را مردم بد شناس کسی کو ندارد ز یزدان سپاس هرانکو گذشت از ره مردمی ز دیوان شمر مشمر از آدمی”

Consider the demon to be a bad person. Whoever does not have gratitude towards God And whoever leaves the proper path of humanity: Count him as among the demons, do not consider him a human.

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