दीवाना

Hindi

FWOTD – 16 July 2017

Alternative forms

• दिवाना (divānā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دیوان (divân), with the semantic development advisor > follower > lover, insane person. Also see दीवान (dīvān, “diwan”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪iː.ʋɑː.nɑː/, [d̪iː.ʋäː.näː]

Adjective

दीवाना • (dīvānā)

1. crazy, insane, mad
   • 1997, Sonu Nigam, "Yeh Dil Deewana" in Pardes :

     यह दिल दीवाना
     दीवाना है यह दिल

     yah dil dīvānā
     dīvānā hai yah dil

     This heart is crazy
     mad is this heart

   (deprecated template usage)

   मेरा दिल तेरे लिए दीवाना हो गया है।

   merā dil tere lie dīvānā ho gayā hai.

   My heart is crazy about you.

   Synonym: पागल (pāgal)

Noun

दीवाना • (dīvānā) m

1. lover

   Synonyms: प्रेमी (premī), आशिक़ (āśiq), मजनूँ (majnū̃), साजन (sājan), प्रीतम (prītam)

2. madman, a crazy person

   Synonym: पगला (paglā)