देवता
See also: दैवता
Hindi
editAlternative forms
edit- दैवता (daivtā)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Sanskrit देवता (devatā).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editदेवता • (devtā) m (Urdu spelling دیوتا)
- god
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:भगवान
- deity
Declension
editDeclension of देवता (masc ā-stem)
Related terms
edit- देव (dev)
References
edit- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “देवता”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “देवता”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “देवता”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Pali
editAlternative forms
editAlternative scripts
Noun
editदेवता f
- Devanagari script form of devatā
Declension
editDeclension table of "देवता" (feminine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | देवता (devatā) | देवतायो (devatāyo) or देवता (devatā) |
Accusative (second) | देवतं (devataṃ) | देवतायो (devatāyo) or देवता (devatā) |
Instrumental (third) | देवताय (devatāya) | देवताहि (devatāhi) or देवताभि (devatābhi) |
Dative (fourth) | देवताय (devatāya) | देवतानं (devatānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | देवताय (devatāya) | देवताहि (devatāhi) or देवताभि (devatābhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | देवताय (devatāya) | देवतानं (devatānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | देवताय (devatāya) or देवतायं (devatāyaṃ) | देवतासु (devatāsu) |
Vocative (calling) | देवते (devate) | देवतायो (devatāyo) or देवता (devatā) |
Sanskrit
editAlternative scripts
editAlternative scripts
- দেৱতা (Assamese script)
- ᬤᬾᬯᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
- দেবতা (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰸𑰪𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဒေဝတာ (Burmese script)
- દેવતા (Gujarati script)
- ਦੇਵਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦢꦺꦮꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑂵𑂫𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ದೇವತಾ (Kannada script)
- ទេវតា (Khmer script)
- ເທວຕາ (Lao script)
- ദേവതാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᡝᠸᠠᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘹𑘪𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠧᠸᠠᢐᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑧚𑧊𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐾𑐰𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଦେଵତା (Odia script)
- ꢣꢾꢮꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆼𑆮𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖸𑖪𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
- දෙවතා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭𑩔𑩾𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚲𑚦𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
- தே³வதா (Tamil script)
- దేవతా (Telugu script)
- เทวตา (Thai script)
- དེ་ཝ་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒹𑒫𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑨄𑨭𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
editCompound of देव (devá, “deity”) + -ता (-tā).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editदेवता • (devátā) stem, f
- godhead, divinity
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.98.1:
- बृह॑स्पते॒ प्रति॑ मे दे॒वता॑म्इहि मि॒त्रो वा॒ यद्वरु॑णो॒ वासि॑ पू॒षा।
आ॒दि॒त्यैर्वा॒ यद्वसु॑भिर्म॒रुत्वा॒न्त्स प॒र्जन्यं॒ शंत॑नवे वृषाय॥- bṛ́haspate práti me devátāmihi mitró vā yádváruṇo vā́si pūṣā́.
ādityaírvā yádvásubhirmarútvāntsá parjányaṃ śáṃtanave vṛṣāya. - Go, Bṛhaspati, on my behalf to the gods, whether you are Mitra, or Varuṇa, or Pūṣan, or associated with the Ādityas, the Vasus, or the Maruts-- do you cause Parjanya to send down rain for Śantanu.
- bṛ́haspate práti me devátāmihi mitró vā yádváruṇo vā́si pūṣā́.
- बृह॑स्पते॒ प्रति॑ मे दे॒वता॑म्इहि मि॒त्रो वा॒ यद्वरु॑णो॒ वासि॑ पू॒षा।
- image of a deity, idol
- an organ of sense
Declension
editFeminine ā-stem declension of देवता (devátā) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | देवता devátā |
देवते deváte |
देवताः devátāḥ |
Vocative | देवते dévate |
देवते dévate |
देवताः dévatāḥ |
Accusative | देवताम् devátām |
देवते deváte |
देवताः devátāḥ |
Instrumental | देवतया / देवता¹ devátayā / devátā¹ |
देवताभ्याम् devátābhyām |
देवताभिः devátābhiḥ |
Dative | देवतायै devátāyai |
देवताभ्याम् devátābhyām |
देवताभ्यः devátābhyaḥ |
Ablative | देवतायाः / देवतायै² devátāyāḥ / devátāyai² |
देवताभ्याम् devátābhyām |
देवताभ्यः devátābhyaḥ |
Genitive | देवतायाः / देवतायै² devátāyāḥ / devátāyai² |
देवतयोः devátayoḥ |
देवतानाम् devátānām |
Locative | देवतायाम् devátāyām |
देवतयोः devátayoḥ |
देवतासु devátāsu |
Notes |
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Descendants
edit- → Bengali: দেবতা (debota)
- → Hindi: देवता (devtā)
- → Khmer: ទេវតា (teivĕəʼtaa)
- → Lao: ເທວດາ (thē wa dā)
- → Malay: dewata
- → Proto-Visayan: *diwata
- → Punjabi: ਦੇਵਤਾ (devtā)
- → Tamil: தேவதை (tēvatai)
- → Thai: เทวดา (tee-wá-daa)
- → Toba Batak: ᯑᯩᯅᯖ (debata)
References
edit- Monier Williams (1899) “देवता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 495, column 3.
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