дева

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic дѣва (děva), from Proto-Slavic *děva.

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• Hyphenation^(key): де‧ва

де́ва • (déva) f

1. (archaic, now poetic) maiden, girl (unmarried young woman)

   Synonyms: дево́йка (devójka), мома́ (momá)

2. (archaic) virgin

   Synonyms: де́вственица (dévstvenica), деви́ца (devíca)

3. a Virgo (person with the zodiac sign)

• дете́ (deté)

• “дева”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “дева”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дева”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 330

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děva.

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• Hyphenation: де‧ва

де́ва • (déva) f (plural де́ви)

1. virgin, maiden, maid

• “дева” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
• “дева” in Официјален дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Oficijalen digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − makedonski.gov.mk (in Macedonian)

• дѣ́ва (dě́va) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děva.

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де́ва • (déva) f anim (genitive де́вы, nominative plural де́вы, genitive plural дев)

1. (poetic) maiden, maid, virgin

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دوه (deve).

• IPA^(key): /děːʋa/
• Hyphenation: де‧ва

де́ва f (Latin spelling déva)

1. camel (mammal)

   Synonym: ка̀мила

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

• дје́ва (Ijekavian)

• IPA^(key): /děːʋa/
• Hyphenation: де‧ва

де́ва f (Latin spelling déva)

1. (poetic) maiden