Time zone IRST (UTC+3:30) Local time Thursday 10:19 AM | Elevation 1,800 m Population 251 (2006) | |
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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.
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Map of Damash, Gilan Province, Iran
Lilium ledebourii is its natural plant.
Etymology
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]