दिवस

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दिवस (divasa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɪ.ʋəs/, [d̪ɪ.ʋəs̪]

Noun

दिवस • (divas) m

1. (less common, often poetic) day

   Synonyms: यौम (yaum), दिन (din), रोज़ (roz)

Declension

Declension of दिवस (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दिवस divas	दिवस divas
oblique	दिवस divas	दिवसों divasõ
vocative	दिवस divas	दिवसो divaso

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Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दिवस (divasa). Compare with Gujarati દિવસ (divas).

Pronunciation

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Noun

दिवस • (divas) m

1. (common) day

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “दिवस”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “divasá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• divasa (Latin script)
• 𑀤𑀺𑀯𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• দিৰস (Bengali script)
• දිවස (Sinhalese script)
• ဒိဝသ or ၻိဝသ (Burmese script)
• ทิวส or ทิวะสะ (Thai script)
• ᨴᩥᩅᩈ (Tai Tham script)
• ທິວສ or ທິວະສະ (Lao script)
• ទិវស (Khmer script)

Noun

दिवस m

1. Devanagari script form of divasa

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ᬤᬶᬯᬲ (Balinese script)
• দিৱস (Assamese script)
• দিবস (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰰𑰪𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀺𑀯𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌦𑌿𑌵𑌸 (Grantha script)
• દિવસ (Gujarati script)
• ꦢꦶꦮꦱ (Javanese script)
• ទិវស (Khmer script)
• ದಿವಸ (Kannada script)
• ທິວສ (Lao script)
• ദിവസ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘟𑘱𑘪𑘭 (Modi script)
• ဒိဝသ (Burmese script)
• 𑦿𑧒𑧊𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐶𑐰𑐳 (Newa script)
• ଦିଵସ (Oriya script)
• ꢣꢶꢮꢱ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆴𑆮𑆱 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖰𑖪𑖭 (Siddham script)
• దివస (Telugu script)
• ทิวส (Thai script)
• དིཝས (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒱𑒫𑒮 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From root दिव् (div).

Noun

दिवस • (divasa) m

1. day

Descendants

• Sauraseni Prakrit:
  • Gujarati: દી (dī)
  • Romani: dives, dǐves, děs
    • Kalo Finnish Romani: diives
• → Bengali: দিবস (dibôś)
• → Gujarati: દિવસ (divas)
• → Hindi: दिवस (divas)
• → Kannada: ದಿವಸ (divasa)
• → Javanese: ꦢꦺꦮꦱ (déwasa)
  • → Malay: dewasa (“adult”)
    • Indonesian: dewasa
• → Malayalam: ദിവസം (divasaṃ)
• → Marathi: दिवस (divas)
• → Konkani:

  Devanagari: दीस

  Kannada: ದೀಸ್

  Latin: dis

• → Punjabi: ਦਿਵਸ (divas)
• → Telugu: దివసము (divasamu)
• Pali: divasa
  • Thai: ทิวส

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “divasá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press