দেবী

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit देवी (devī), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáywiH, from Proto-Indo-European *déywih₂ (“goddess”).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /d̪ebi/, [ˈd̪ebiˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /d̪ebi/, [ˈd̪ebiˑ]

Noun

দেবী • (debi) (masculine দেব (deb))

1. (Hinduism) goddess, devi

Proper noun

দেবী • (debi)

1. a surname, Debi, equivalent to English Devi

   আশাপূর্ণা দেবী ― aśapurna debi ― Ashapurna Devi

2. a female given name, Debi, from Sanskrit, equivalent to English Devi