ديول

Sindhi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit देवकुल (devakula, “temple”). Cognate with Gujarati દેવળ (devaḷ), Hindustani دیول / देवल (deval), and Marathi देऊळ (deūḷ).

Noun

ديوَلِ • (devali) m (Devanagari देवलि)

1. (Christianity) church, chapel

Further reading

• Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988), “ديول”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ
• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “ديوَلِ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society