Damash

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|subdivision_name1 =Gilan

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|subdivision_name2 = Rudbar

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|subdivision_name3 =Amarlu

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|subdivision_name4 =Jirandeh

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Damash ({{langx|fa|داماش}}, also Romanized as Dāmāsh and Dāmash; also known as Dāmāshak){{GEOnet3|-3059146|Damash}} is a village in Jirandeh Rural District, Amarlu District, Rudbar County, Gilan province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 337, in 115 families.{{IranCensus2016|01}} Increased from 251 people in 2006.{{IranCensus2006|01}}

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. [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=domestic&searchmode=none]

References

Book of Amarlu – M.M. Zand

Category:Populated places in Rudbar County