دوالی

Persian

Alternative forms

• دیوالی (divâli)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani دِوالِی / दिवाली (divālī), ultimately from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali). Doublet of دیپاولی (dipâvali).

Proper noun

دوالی • (devâli)

1. (Hinduism) Diwali

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑀻𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀻 (dīvālī), 𑀤𑀻𑀯𑀸𑀯𑀮𑀻 (dīvāvalī) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali), दीपावली (dīpāvalī). Doublet of دیپاولی (dīpāvalī)

Proper noun

دوالی • (divālī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਦਿਵਾਲੀ)

1. (Hinduism) Diwali

Urdu

Alternative forms

• دِیوالِی (divālī)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑀻𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀻 (dīvālī), 𑀤𑀻𑀯𑀸𑀯𑀮𑀻 (dīvāvalī) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali), दीपावली (dīpāvalī). Doublet of دِیپاوَلِی (dīpāvalī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ɪ.ʋɑː.liː/

Proper noun

دِوالِی • (divālī) f (Hindi spelling दिवाली)

1. (Hinduism) Diwali

Declension

Declension of دوالی

	singular	plural
direct	دِوالِی (divālī)	دِوالِِیاں (divāliyā̃)
oblique	دِوالِی (divālī)	دِوالِِیوں (divāliyō̃)
vocative	دِوالِی (divālī)	دِوالِِیو (divāliyō)

Further reading

• “دوالی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دوالی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “ديوالی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 325
• Platts, John T. (1884), “دوالي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “diva'li”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.