ریشهFrom Middle Persian [script needed] (dwšhym /dušxēm/, “evil-natured”). By surface analysis, دژـ (dož-) + خیم (xim). Akin to Old Armenian դժխեմ (džxem), an Iranian borrowing.
- malignant
- ill-tempered
- ugly
- avaricious, close-fisted
- executioner
- jailer
- governor of a fort
صورتهاdežxim(romanization) · dožxim(romanization) · دژخیمها(plural) · دژخیمان(plural)