deva

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See also: Deva, devā, devă, děva, and Děva

English

 deva and Deva (Buddhism) on Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

deva (plural devas)

  1. A god in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism.
    Coordinate term: devi

Derived terms

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

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, 2025

Anagrams

Latvian

Noun

deva f (4th declension)

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

Declension

Declension of deva (4th declension)
singular plural
nominative deva devas
genitive devas devu
dative devai devām
accusative devu devas
instrumental devu devām
locative devā devās
vocative deva devas

Verb

deva

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology

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

Noun

deva m (feminine devī)

  1. god, deity, angel
  2. the sky, heaven
  3. a rain cloud
  4. a king

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

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  • Hyphenation: de‧va

Noun

déva f (Cyrillic spelling де́ва)

  1. camel (mammal)
    Synonym: kàmila
Declension
Declension of deva
singular plural
nominative déva / dèva 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

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

deva f

  1. (poetic) maiden, lass

Declension

Declension of deva
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativedevadevy
genitivedevydiev
dativedevedevám
accusativedevudevy
locativedevedevách
instrumentaldevoudevami

Derived terms

Further reading

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dě̀va. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian djéva.

Pronunciation

Noun

dẹ̑va f

  1. (obsolete) girl (an adult young woman who is not yet married)
    Synonym: deklȅ

Declension

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First feminine declension (a-stem) , fixed accent
nom. sing. dẹ̑va
gen. sing. dẹ̑ve
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik 		dẹ̑va dẹ̑vi dẹ̑ve
genitive
rodȋlnik 		dẹ̑ve dẹ̑v dẹ̑v
dative
dajȃlnik 		dẹ̑vi dẹ̑vama dẹ̑vam
accusative
tožȋlnik 		dẹ̑vo dẹ̑vi dẹ̑ve
locative
mẹ̑stnik 		dẹ̑vi dẹ̑vah dẹ̑vah
instrumental
orọ̑dnik 		dẹ̑vo dẹ̑vama dẹ̑vami
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) 		dẹ̑va dẹ̑vi dẹ̑ve


Further reading

  • “deva”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “deva”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

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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