दीवाना

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Hindi

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دیوانه (dēwāna), from Middle Persian (dyw'nk' /⁠dēwānag⁠/, demonic; crazy, insane). Compare Bengali দেওয়ানা (deōẇana), Gujarati દીવાનું (dīvānũ), Marathi दिवाणे (divāṇe), Punjabi ਦਿਵਾਨਾ (divānā), ਦੀਵਾਨਾ (dīvānā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪iː.ʋɑː.nɑː/,

Adjective

दीवाना (dīvānā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling دِیوَانَہ)

  1. crazy, insane, mad
    Synonym: पागल (pāgal)
    मेरा दिल तेरे लिए दीवाना हो गया है।
    merā dil tere lie dīvānā ho gayā hai.
    My heart is crazy about you.
    • 1997, Sonu Nigam, "Yeh Dil Deewana" in Pardes :
      यह दिल दीवाना
      दीवाना है यह दिल
      yah dil dīvānā
      dīvānā hai yah dil
      This heart is crazy
      mad is this heart

Noun

दीवाना (dīvānām (Urdu spelling دِیوَانَہ)

  1. lover
    Synonyms: प्रेमी (premī), आशिक़ (āśiq), मजनूँ (majnū̃), साजन (sājan), प्रीतम (prītam)
  2. madman, a crazy person
    Synonym: पगला (paglā)

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