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As a proper noun dey is

the tenth solar month of the persian calendar.

den

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) den, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.
    • a den of robbers
    Daniel was put into the lions’ den .
  • A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.
    • a den of vice
    an opium den'''; a gambling '''den
  • A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
  • (UK, Scotland, obsolete) A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.
    • (Shakespeare)
    Synonyms
    * (home of certain animals) lair *: See also:

    Verb

    (denn)
  • (reflexive) To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) denier, from (etyl) denarius.

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • (a unit of weight)

    • Anagrams

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    dey

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) deye, deie, daie, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * daie, deie, deye

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The title given to the ruler of the (now Algeria) under the Ottoman Empire.
  • *1977 , (Alistair Horne), A Savage War of Peace , New York Review Books 2006, p. 29:
  • *:the reigning Dey of Algiers (half of whose twenty-eight predecessors are said to have met violent ends) lost his temper with the French consul, struck him in the face with a fly-whisk, and called him ‘a wicked, faithless, idol-worshipping rascal’.

    • Etymology 3

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)

    • References

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    Anagrams

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