deva

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See also: Deva, devā, devă, and děva

English

 deva and Deva (Buddhism) on Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

deva (plural devas)

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

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Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit देव (deva).

Pronunciation

Noun

deva m (plural deva's or devas)

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

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Galician

Verb

deva

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

Italian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.va/, /ˈde.va/
  • Rhymes: -ɛva, -eva
  • Hyphenation: dè‧va, dé‧va

Verb

deva

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

References

  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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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. third-person singular/plural past indicative of dot

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

deva m (feminine devī)

  1. god
  2. angel

Declension

Declension table of "deva" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)devodevā
Accusative (second)devaṃdeve
Instrumental (third)devenadevehi or devebhi
Dative (fourth)devassa or devāya or devatthaṃdevānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)devasmā or devamhā or devādevehi or devebhi
Genitive (sixth)devassadevānaṃ
Locative (seventh)devasmiṃ or devamhi or devedevesu
Vocative (calling)devadevā

Derived terms

Descendants

References

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

Portuguese

Verb

deva

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed 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

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

Alternative forms

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
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Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Further reading

  • “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

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *děva.

Pronunciation

Noun

dẹ̑va f

  1. maiden
  2. virgin

Inflection

 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

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeba/
  • Rhymes: -eba
  • Syllabification: de‧va

Verb

deva

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

Zazaki

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish deve.

Noun

deva

  1. camel
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