deva

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From Sanskrit देव (devá), deity, god).

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  • IPA: /'deɪvə/

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Singular
deva

Plural
devas

deva (plural devas)

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

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deva

  1. first person singular, second person singular and third person singular present subjunctive of dovere

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology 1

From Turkish deve.

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déva f. (Cyrillic spelling де́ва)

  1. camel (mammal)
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From Proto-Slavic *děva, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (to suck, suckle).

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déva f. (Cyrillic spelling де́ва)

  1. (poetically) A maiden
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deva f., devy pl.
dev stem
diev gen pl.
declension pattern žena
  1. A maiden, lass

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