দেব

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Bengali[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit देव (deva), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós ((sky) god).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /d̪eb/, [ˈd̪eːb], [ˈd̪eb], /d̪ebo/, [ˈd̪eboˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /d̪eb/, [ˈd̪eːb], [ˈd̪eb], /d̪ebo/, [ˈd̪eboˑ]

Noun[edit]

দেব (deb) (feminine দেবী (debi))

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) deity, god, deva

Proper noun[edit]

দেব (deb)

  1. a male given name, Deb or Debo, from Sanskrit, equivalent to English Dev or Deva
  2. a diminutive of the male given name দেবদাস (debdaś).

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