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deva

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See also: Deva, devā, devă, děva, and Děva

English

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 deva and Deva (Buddhism) on Wikipedia

Etymology

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Transliteration of Sanskrit देव (deva, deity, god). Doublet of daeva.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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deva (plural devas)

  1. A god in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism.
    Coordinate term: devi

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit देव (deva).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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deva m (plural deva's or devas)

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) deva, a Hindu or Buddhist deity
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Galician

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Verb

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deva

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of dever:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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deva

  1. (rare) Alternative form of debba, first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive of dovere

References

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  1. ^ devo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ dovere in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007

Anagrams

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Latvian

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Noun

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deva f (4th declension)

  1. portion
  2. ration
  3. dose
  4. dosage
  5. helping

Declension

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Verb

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deva

  1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of dot

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit देव (devá, deity, god).

Noun

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deva m (feminine devī)

  1. god, deity, angel
  2. the sky, heaven
  3. a rain cloud
  4. a king

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Burmese: ဒေဝ (dewa.)
  • Khmer: ទេវ (teivĕəʼ)
  • Northern Thai: ᨴᩮ᩠ᨻ, ᨴᩮᩅ
  • Thai: เทพ (têep)

References

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  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “deva”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Portuguese

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Verb

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deva

  1. inflection of dever:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دوه (deve).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: de‧va

Noun

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déva f (Cyrillic spelling де́ва)

  1. camel (mammal)
    Synonym: kàmila
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děva, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (to suck, suckle).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /děːʋa/
  • Hyphenation: de‧va

Noun

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déva f (Cyrillic spelling де́ва)

  1. (poetic) maiden
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Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děva, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (to suck, suckle).

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Noun

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deva f

  1. (poetic) maiden, lass

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • deva”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dě̀va. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian djéva.

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Noun

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dẹ̑va f

  1. (obsolete) girl (an adult young woman who is not yet married)
    Synonym: deklȅ

Declension

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First feminine declension (a-stem) , fixed accent
nom. sing. dẹ̑va
gen. sing. dẹ̑ve
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik
dẹ̑va dẹ̑vi dẹ̑ve
genitive
rodȋlnik
dẹ̑ve dẹ̑v dẹ̑v
dative
dajȃlnik
dẹ̑vi dẹ̑vama dẹ̑vam
accusative
tožȋlnik
dẹ̑vo dẹ̑vi dẹ̑ve
locative
mẹ̑stnik
dẹ̑vi dẹ̑vah dẹ̑vah
instrumental
orọ̑dnik
dẹ̑vo dẹ̑vama dẹ̑vami
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
dẹ̑va dẹ̑vi dẹ̑ve


Further reading

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  • deva”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • deva”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdeba/ [ˈd̪e.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -eba
  • Syllabification: de‧va

Verb

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deva

  1. inflection of dever:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Zazaki

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Turkish deve.

Noun

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deva

  1. camel