दिया

See also: द्य, दया, and द्यु

Hindi

Etymology 1

From , from Sanskrit दीप (dīpa). Doublet of दीप (dīp). Cognate to Punjabi ਦੀਵਾ (dīvā), Nepali दियो (diyo), Gujarati દીવો (dīvo), Marathi दिवा (divā).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: दि‧या
• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɪ.jɑː/, [d̪i.jäː]

Noun

दिया • (diyā) m (Urdu spelling دیا)

1. light, lamp

   Synonyms: दीप (dīp), दीपक (dīpak), चिराग़ (cirāġ)

Descendants

• → English: diya

Proper noun

दिया • (diyā) f

1. a female given name

Alternative forms

• दीया (dīyā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दीया”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dīpa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Etymology 2

Verb

दिया • (diyā)

1. masculine singular perfective adjectival of देना (denā): gave