दिवा

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi दिवा (divā), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀤𑀻𑀯 (dīva) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit दीप (dīpa). Cognate to Gujarati દીવો (dīvo), Hindi दिया (diyā), Punjabi ਦੀਵਾ (dīvā), Nepali दियो (diyo).

Noun

दिवा • (divā) m

1. lamp, light

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “दिवा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “दिवा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “[1]”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “dīpa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press