deva

See also: Deva, devā, devă, and děva

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit देव (devá, “deity, god”). Doublet of daeva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪvə/

Noun

deva (plural devas)

1. A god in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism.

Related terms

• deodar(a)
• Devanagari
• devi (“goddess”)

 

See also

• daeva

Anagrams

• Dave, E.D. Va., Veda, dave, vade

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit देव (deva).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.vaː/
• Hyphenation: de‧va
• Rhymes: -eːvaː

Noun

deva m (plural deva's or devas)

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) deva, a Hindu or Buddhist deity

Related terms

• joviaal
• Zeus

 

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Italian

Verb

deva

1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive of dovere

Synonyms

• debba

Anagrams

• veda

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Latvian

Noun

deva f (4th declension)

1. portion
2. ration
3. dose
4. dosage
5. helping

Declension

Declension of deva (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	deva	devas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	devu	devas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	devas	devu
dative (datīvs)	devai	devām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	devu	devām
locative (lokatīvs)	devā	devās
vocative (vokatīvs)	deva	devas

Verb

deva

1. 3rd person singular past indicative form of dot
2. 3rd person plural past indicative form of dot

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀤𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• देव (Devanagari script)
• দেৰ (Bengali script)
• දෙව (Sinhalese script)
• ဒေဝ or ၻေဝ (Burmese script)
• เทว or เทวะ (Thai script)
• ᨴᩮᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ເທວ or ເທວະ (Lao script)
• ទេវ (Khmer script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit देव (devá, “deity, god”).

Noun

deva m

1. god
2. angel

Declension

Declension table of "deva" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	devo	devā
Accusative (second)	devaṃ	deve
Instrumental (third)	devena	devehi or devebhi
Dative (fourth)	devassa or devāya or devatthaṃ	devānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	devasmā or devamhā or devā	devehi or devebhi
Genitive (sixth)	devassa	devānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	devasmiṃ or devamhi or deve	devesu
Vocative (calling)	deva	devā

Derived terms

• devaloka
• devī f

 

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဒေဝ (dewa.)
• → Khmer: ទេវ (teevĕəʼ)
• → Northern Thai: ᨴᩮ᩠ᨻ, ᨴᩮᩅ
• → Thai: เทพ (têep)

References

• Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “deva”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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Portuguese

Verb

deva

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of dever
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of dever
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of dever
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of dever

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish دوه‎ (deve).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /děːʋa/
• Hyphenation: de‧va

Noun

déva f (Cyrillic spelling де́ва)

1. camel (mammal)

   Synonym: kàmila

Declension

Declension of deva

	singular	plural
nominative	deva	deve
genitive	deve	deva
dative	devi	deva
accusative	devu	deve
vocative	devo	deve
locative	devi	deva
instrumental	devom	deva

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *děva, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to suck, suckle”).

Alternative forms

• djéva (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /děːʋa/
• Hyphenation: de‧va

Noun

déva f (Cyrillic spelling де́ва)

1. (poetic) maiden

Declension

Declension of deva

	singular	plural
nominative	deva	deve
genitive	deve	deva
dative	devi	devama
accusative	devu	deve
vocative	devo	deve
locative	devi	devama
instrumental	devom	devama

Related terms

• dèvōjka
• devòjčica
• dèčāk

 

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *děva, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to suck, suckle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɟɛva/

Noun

deva f (genitive singular devy, nominative plural devy, genitive plural diev, declension pattern of žena)

1. (poetic) maiden, lass

Declension

Declension of deva

	singular	plural
nominative	deva	devy
genitive	devy	diev
dative	deve	devám
accusative	devu	devy
locative	deve	devách
instrumental	devou	devami

Derived terms

• dievka
• dievča

 

Further reading

• deva in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *děva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /déːʋa/

Noun

dẹ̑va f

1. maiden
2. virgin

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	déva
gen. sing.	déve
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	déva	dévi	déve
accusative	dévo	dévi	déve
genitive	déve	dév	dév
dative	dévi	dévama	dévam
locative	dévi	dévah	dévah
instrumental	dévo	dévama	dévami

Further reading

• “deva”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeba/, [ˈd̪e.β̞a]

Verb

deva

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of dever.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of dever.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of dever.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dever.

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Zazaki

Alternative forms

• dewe

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish deve.

Noun

deva ?

1. camel