देवकी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দেৱকী (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬾᬯᬓᬷ (Balinese script)
• দেবকী (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰸𑰪𑰎𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀓𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဒေဝကီ (Burmese script)
• દેવકી (Gujarati script)
• ਦੇਵਕੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌕𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦺꦮꦏꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂵𑂫𑂍𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ದೇವಕೀ (Kannada script)
• ទេវកី (Khmer script)
• ເທວກີ (Lao script)
• ദേവകീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡝᠸᠠᡬᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘹𑘪𑘎𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠧᠸᠠᢉᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧚𑧊𑦮𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐾𑐰𑐎𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଦେଵକୀ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢾꢮꢒꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆼𑆮𑆑𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖸𑖪𑖎𑖱 (Siddham script)
• දෙවකී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩔𑩾𑩜𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚲𑚦𑚊𑚯 (Takri script)
• தே³வகீ (Tamil script)
• దేవకీ (Telugu script)
• เทวกี (Thai script)
• དེ་ཝ་ཀཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒹𑒫𑒏𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨄𑨭𑨋𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Feminine of देवक (devaka).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐj.ʋɐ.kiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪eː.ʋɐ.kiː/

Proper noun

देवकी • (devakī) stem, f

1. (Hinduism) Wife of Vasudeva, cousin of Kamsa and the mother of Krishna

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of देवकी (devakī)
	Singular
Nominative	देवकी devakī
Vocative	देवकि devaki
Accusative	देवकीम् devakīm
Instrumental	देवक्या devakyā
Dative	देवक्यै devakyai
Ablative	देवक्याः / देवक्यै¹ devakyāḥ / devakyai¹
Genitive	देवक्याः / देवक्यै¹ devakyāḥ / devakyai¹
Locative	देवक्याम् devakyām
Notes	¹Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Telugu: దేవకి (dēvaki)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “देवकी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0495, column 3.