दीपावली

See also: दीपावलि

Hindi

Alternative forms

• दीपावलि (dīpāvli)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali). Doublet of दिवाली (divālī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪iː.pɑːʋ.liː/, [d̪iː.päːʋ.liː]

Proper noun

दीपावली • (dīpāvlī) f (Urdu spelling دیپاولی)

1. a row of diyas

   Synonym: दीपमाला (dīpmālā)

2. Diwali (annual Indian festival of lights)

   • 2018, R.K. Sinha, Samay Ka Sach, Prabhat Prakashan, →ISBN, page 32:

     सिंगापुर में दीपावली के त्योहार को लेकर खास प्रबंध किया गया है। सिंगापुर में चलनेवाली मेट्रो को दीपावली के लिए खासतौर पर तैयार किया गया है।

     siṅgāpur mẽ dīpāvlī ke tyohār ko lekar khās prabandh kiyā gayā hai. siṅgāpur mẽ calnevālī meṭro ko dīpāvlī ke lie khāstaura par taiyār kiyā gayā hai.

     Special arrangements have been made for the festival of Deepawali in Singapore. The Metro that runs in Singapore has been specially readied for Deepawali.

   Synonyms: दिवाली (divālī), दीपाली (dīpālī)

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဒီပါဝလီ (dipawa.li)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दीप”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “दीपावली”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “दीपावली”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Hardev Bahri (2013) “दीपावली”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN

• “दीपावली”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN