Damash

Coordinates: 36°45′17″N 49°48′36″E / 36.75472°N 49.81000°E / 36.75472; 49.81000
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Damash
داماش
village
Damash is located in Iran
Damash
Damash
Coordinates: 36°45′17″N 49°48′36″E / 36.75472°N 49.81000°E / 36.75472; 49.81000
Country Iran
ProvinceGilan
CountyRudbar
BakhshAmarlu
Rural DistrictJirandeh
Population
 (2006)
 • Total251
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Damash (Persian: داماش, also Romanized as Dāmāsh and Dāmash; also known as Dāmāshak)[1] is a village in Jirandeh Rural District, Amarlu District, Rudbar County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 251, in 89 families.[2]

Lilium ledebourii is its natural plant.

Etymology[edit]

Damasch has a same root with Domestic in English and means house, " from domus "house," la:Domus from PIE *domo-/*domu- "house, household" (cf. Skt. damah "house;" Avestan demana- "house;" Gk. domos "house," despotes "master, lord;" L. dominus "master of a household;" O.C.S. domu, Rus. dom "house;" Lith. dimstis "enclosed court, property;" O.E. timber "building, structure"), from *dem-/*dom- "build." The usual IE word for "house" (It., Sp. casa are from L. casa "cottage, hut;" Gmc. *hus is of obscure origin). The noun is 1539; domesticate is from 1639. Domestics, originally "articles of home manufacture," is attested from 1622. [1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Damash can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3059146" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  2. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
  • Book of Amarlu - M.M. Zand