See also: Deva, devā, devă, and děva

English edit

 deva and Deva (Buddhism) on Wikipedia

Etymology edit

Transliteration of Sanskrit देव (deva, deity, god). Doublet of daeva.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeɪvə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪvə

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deva (plural devas)

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

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit देव (deva).

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deva m (plural deva's or devas)

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

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deva

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of dever:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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deva

  1. (rare) Alternative form of debba, first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive of dovere

References edit

  1. ^ devo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ dovere in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007

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deva f (4th declension)

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

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deva

  1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of dot

Pali edit

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Etymology edit

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

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deva m (feminine devī)

  1. god
  2. angel

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Descendants edit

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

References edit

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

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Verb edit

deva

  1. inflection of dever:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دوه (deve).

Pronunciation edit

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

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déva f (Cyrillic spelling де́ва)

  1. camel (mammal)
    Synonym: kàmila
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Etymology 2 edit

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

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Pronunciation edit

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

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déva f (Cyrillic spelling де́ва)

  1. (poetic) maiden
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Slovak edit

Etymology edit

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

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

  1. (poetic) maiden, lass

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Further reading edit

  • deva”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *děva.

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dẹ̑va f

  1. maiden
  2. virgin

Inflection edit

 
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. déva
gen. sing. déve
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
déva dévi déve
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
déve dév dév
dative
(dajȃlnik)
dévi dévama dévam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
dévo dévi déve
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
dévi dévah dévah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
dévo dévama dévami

Further reading edit

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

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeba/ [ˈd̪e.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -eba
  • Syllabification: de‧va

Verb edit

deva

  1. inflection of dever:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Zazaki edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Turkish deve.

Noun edit

deva

  1. camel