Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hindustani دوالی / दिवाली (divālī), ultimately from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali).

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دوالی (devâli)

  1. (Hinduism) Diwali

Punjabi

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Inherited from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali).

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دوالی (Divālīf (Gurmukhi spelling ਦਿਵਾਲੀ)

  1. (Hinduism) Diwali

Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali). Doublet of دِیپاوَلِی (dīpāvalī).

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دِوالِی (divālīf (Hindi spelling दिवाली)

  1. (Hinduism) Diwali

Further reading

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  • دوالی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • دوالی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ديوالی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 325
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “دوالي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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2=diva'li Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.S. W. Fallon (1879) “دوالی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.