Damash

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]

Damash داماش
village
Damash
Coordinates: 36°45′17″N 49°48′36″E
Country	Iran
Province	Gilan
County	Rudbar
Bakhsh	Amarlu
Rural District	Jirandeh
Population  (2006)
• Total	251
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

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.

References

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)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.

• Book of Amarlu - M.M. Zand