devī

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See also: devi, Devi, and ɖevi

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀻 (Brahmi script)
देवी (Devanagari script)
দেৰী (Bengali script)
දෙවී (Sinhalese script)
ဒေဝီ or ဒေဝဳ or ၻေဝီ (Burmese script)
เทวี (Thai script)
ᨴᩮᩅᩦ (Tai Tham script)
ເທວີ (Lao script)
ទេវី (Khmer script)
𑄘𑄬𑅇𑄩 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit देवी (devī́, “goddess; queen”). By surface analysis, deva (“god”) +‎ -ī (feminine-forming suffix). Cognate to Gandhari 𐨡𐨅𐨬𐨁 (devi), Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀻 (devī).

Noun

devī f

goddess, female deity
queen

Declension

Declension table of "devī" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	devī	deviyo or devī
Accusative (second)	deviṃ or deviyaṃ	deviyo or devī
Instrumental (third)	deviyā	devīhi or devībhi
Dative (fourth)	deviyā	devīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	deviyā	devīhi or devībhi
Genitive (sixth)	deviyā	devīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	deviyā or deviyaṃ	devīsu
Vocative (calling)	devi	deviyo or devī

Descendants

→ Burmese: ဒေဝီ (dewi) (learned)
→ Khmer: ទេពី (teipii), ទេវី (teivii) (learned)
→ Lao: ເທວີ (thē wī) (learned)
→ Thai: เทวี (tee-wii) (learned)

Further reading

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dēvīˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 373

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