dih (English spelling) dih

Japanese: dīh(英語表記)dih
dih (English spelling) dih

...The fact that the term 'difkan', which once wielded great authority in Iranian society, came to be used to refer to peasants in general by the 11th century is a good indicator of the changes that have taken place over this time. In the Middle East during the Islamic period, an Arab village was generally called a qarya, which corresponds to the Iranian dih and the Turkish köy. However, in Arab society, a village that the government recognized as a unit for collecting taxes was usually called a balad, which could consist of one qarya or two small villages.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "dīh" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…かつてイラン社会で大きな権限を振るったディフカーンが,11世紀ころまでには,農民一般を指す言葉として用いられるようになったことが,この間の変化をよく物語っている。 イスラム時代の中東では,アラブのむらを一般にカルヤqaryaといい,イランのディーフdīh,トルコのキョイköyがこれに相当する。しかしアラブ社会の場合には,政府が租税徴収の単位として把握するむらはバラドと呼ばれるのが普通であり,これは一つのカルヤからなることもあれば,二つの小村からなっていることもあった。…

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