दिवाणे

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دیوانه (dēvāna), from Middle Persian [script needed] (dyw'nk' /⁠dēwānag⁠/, “demonic; crazy, insane”). Compare Gujarati દીવાનું (dīvānũ), Hindustani دِیوَانَہ (dīvāna) / दीवाना (dīvānā), Punjabi ਦਿਵਾਨਾ (divānā), ਦੀਵਾਨਾ (dīvānā) / دِیوانہ (dīvāna).

Pronunciation

• (formal) IPA^(key): /d̪i.ʋa.ɳe/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /d̪i.ʋa.ɳə/

Adjective

दिवाणे • (divāṇe)

1. crazy, insane

   Synonym: वेडे (veḍe)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “दिवाणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “दिवाणा-ना”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).