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Hindi
Etymology From Sanskrit दीप ( dīpa ) .
Pronunciation
Noun दीप • (dīp ) m Urdu spelling دیپ
light lamp
Declension
Declension of दीप (masc cons-stem )
singular
plural
direct
दीप dīp
दीप dīp
oblique
दीप dīp
दीपों dīpõ
vocative
दीप dīp
दीपो dīpo
Synonyms
Pali
Noun दीप m
Devanagari script form ofdīpa
Declension Declension table of "दीप" (masculine)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts Alternative scripts
দীপ ( Assamese script ) ᬤᬷᬧ ( Balinese script ) দীপ ( Bengali script ) 𑰟𑰱𑰢 ( Bhaiksuki script ) 𑀤𑀻𑀧 ( Brahmi script ) ဒီပ ( Burmese script ) દીપ ( Gujarati script ) ਦੀਪ ( Gurmukhi script ) 𑌦𑍀𑌪 ( Grantha script ) ꦢꦷꦥ ( Javanese script ) 𑂠𑂲𑂣 ( Kaithi script ) ದೀಪ ( Kannada script ) ទីប ( Khmer script ) ທີປ ( Lao script ) ദീപ ( Malayalam script ) ᡩᡳᡳᢒᠠ ( Manchu script ) 𑘟𑘲𑘢 ( Modi script ) ᢑᠢᠢᢒᠠ ( Mongolian script ) 𑦿𑧓𑧂 ( Nandinagari script ) 𑐡𑐷𑐥 ( Newa script ) ଦୀପ ( Odia script ) ꢣꢷꢦ ( Saurashtra script ) 𑆢𑆵𑆥 ( Sharada script ) 𑖟𑖱𑖢 ( Siddham script ) දීප ( Sinhalese script ) 𑩭𑩑𑩛𑩰 ( Soyombo script ) 𑚛𑚯𑚞 ( Takri script ) தீ³ப ( Tamil script ) దీప ( Telugu script ) ทีป ( Thai script ) དཱི་པ ( Tibetan script ) 𑒠𑒲𑒣 ( Tirhuta script ) 𑨛𑨁𑨊𑨞 ( Zanabazar Square script )
Etymology From the root दीप् ( dīp , “ to burn, shine, glow ” ) + -अ ( -a , nominalizing suffix ) .
Pronunciation
Noun दीप • (dīpa ) stem , m
a lamp , light
Declension
Derived terms
Terms inherited from Prakrit: *𑀤𑀻𑀯~𑀟 ( *dīva~ḍa )
Terms inherited from Prakrit: *𑀤𑀻𑀯~𑀮𑁆𑀮 ( *dīva~lla )
Central:
Sauraseni Prakrit:Hindustani: dīwlā, dīwlī, dewlā, dewlī
Eastern:
Descendants
Terms inherited from दीप ( dīpa )
Dardic:
Pali: dīpa
Prakrit: 𑀤𑀻𑀯 ( dīva ) , 𑀤𑀻𑀯𑀬 ( dīvaya ) , 𑀤𑀻𑀯𑀻 ( dīvī ) , 𑀤𑀻𑀯𑀺𑀅 ( dīvia ) Central:
Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
Sauraseni Prakrit:Domaaki: ( dīa )
Hindustani: dīwā, dīyā
Eastern:
Northern:
Khasa Prakrit:Central Pahari:
Eastern Pahari:
Northwestern:
Paisaci Prakrit:Takka Apabhramsa:
Vracada Apabhramsa:Sindhi: ḍ̠io Arabic script: ڏِو
Devanagari script: ॾिओ Jadgali: ( dīwā )
Kachchi: ડીયો ( ḍīyo )
Southern:
Helu Prakrit:
Maharastri Prakrit:
Western:
Sauraseni Prakrit:Gujarati: દીવો ( dīvo ) , દીવી ( dīvī )
Old Marwari: दिव ( div )
→ Hindustani: dīp
Terms borrowed from दीप ( dīpa )
References Monier Williams (1899 ) “दीप ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press , →OCLC 481/1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985 ) “dipa ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages , London: Oxford University Press, page 363
Further reading Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024 ) “dīpa ”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit , Berlin, Germany