Official Name: | Damash |
Native Name: | داماش |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Iran |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Gilan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Rudbar |
Subdivision Type3: | Bakhsh |
Subdivision Name3: | Amarlu |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural District |
Subdivision Name4: | Jirandeh |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 251 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Timezone Dst: | IRDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | +4:30 |
Coordinates: | 36.7547°N 49.81°W |
Damash (Persian: داماش, also Romanized as Dāmāsh and Dāmash; also known as Dāmāshak) 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.
Lilium ledebourii is its natural plant.
Damasch has a same root with Domestic in English and means house, " from domus "house," 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. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=domestic&searchmode=none