deva

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

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪvə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪvə

Noun

deva (plural devas)

1. A god in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism.

   Coordinate term: devi

Derived terms

• devic

Related terms

• deodar(a)
• Devanagari
• devata (“a lesser god in nature”)
• devi (“goddess”)

Anagrams

• Dave, E.D. Va., Veda, dave, vade

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit देव (deva).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.vaː/
• Hyphenation: de‧va
• Rhymes: -eːvaː

Noun

deva m (plural deva's or devas, no diminutive)

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

Related terms

• joviaal
• Zeus

Galician

Verb

deva

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

Italian

Alternative forms

• deggia (archaic or poetic)
• debbia (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.va/, /ˈde.va/
• Rhymes: -ɛva, -eva
• Hyphenation: dè‧va, dé‧va

Verb

deva

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

Anagrams

• veda

Latvian

Noun

deva f (4th declension)

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

Declension

Declension of deva (4th)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	deva	devas
genitive	devas	devu
dative	devai	devām
accusative	devu	devas
instrumental	devu	devām
locative	devā	devās
vocative	deva	devas

Verb

deva

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

Old Khmer

Noun

deva

1. Latin script form of ទេវ (“deity; god”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀤𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• देव (Devanagari script)
• দেৰ (Bengali script)
• දෙව (Sinhalese script)
• ဒေဝ or ၻေဝ (Burmese script)
• เทว or เทวะ (Thai script)
• ᨴᩮᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ເທວ or ເທວະ (Lao script)
• ទេវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄘𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)

Etymology

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

Noun

deva m (feminine devī)

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

Declension

Declension table of "deva" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	devo	devā
Accusative (second)	devaṃ	deve
Instrumental (third)	devena	devehi or devebhi
Dative (fourth)	devassa or devāya or devatthaṃ	devānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	devasmā or devamhā or devā	devehi or devebhi
Genitive (sixth)	devassa	devānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	devasmiṃ or devamhi or deve	devesu
Vocative (calling)	deva	devā

Derived terms

• devagaha
• devaloka

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဒေဝ (dewa.)
• → Khmer: ទេវ (teivĕəʼ)
• → Northern Thai: ᨴᩮ᩠ᨻ, ᨴᩮᩅ
• → Thai: เทพ (têep), เทว (teeo), เทวะ (tee-wá), เทวา (twao)

References

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

Portuguese

Verb

deva

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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /děːʋa/

• Hyphenation: de‧va

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دوه (deve).

Noun

déva f (Cyrillic spelling де́ва)

1. camel (mammal)

   Synonym: kàmila

Declension

Declension of deva

	singular	plural
nominative	déva / dèva	deve
genitive	deve	deva
dative	devi	deva
accusative	devu	deve
vocative	devo	deve
locative	devi	deva
instrumental	devom	deva

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• djéva (Ijekavian)

Noun

déva f (Cyrillic spelling де́ва) (Ekavian)

1. (poetic) maiden

Declension

Declension of deva

	singular	plural
nominative	deva	deve
genitive	deve	deva
dative	devi	devama
accusative	devu	deve
vocative	devo	deve
locative	devi	devama
instrumental	devom	devama

Related terms

• dèčāk
• devòjčica
• dèvōjka

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟeva/, [ˈɟeʋa]
• Rhymes: -eva
• Hyphenation: de‧va

Noun

deva f

1. (poetic) maiden, lass

Declension

Declension of deva
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	deva	devy
genitive	devy	diev
dative	deve	devám
accusative	devu	devy
locative	deve	devách
instrumental	devou	devami

Derived terms

• dievča
• dievka

Further reading

• “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, 2003–2026

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /déːʋa/
• Rhymes: -éːʋa
• Hyphenation: de‧va

Noun

dẹ̑va f

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

   Synonym: deklȅ

Declension

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

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

deva

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

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دوا (deva), from Old Anatolian Turkish دوا (devā), from Arabic دَوَاء (dawāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈvaː/
• Hyphenation: de‧va

Noun

deva (definite accusative devayı, plural devalar)

1. (medicine) remedy, cure

   Synonyms: çare, ilaç, derman, şifa

2. (figurative) remedy, solution

   Synonym: çare

   derdine deva olmak ― to become a remedy to someone's problems

   derdine deva bulmak ― to find a remedy to one's problem

Declension

Declension of deva

singular plural nominative deva devalar definite accusative devayı devaları dative devaya devalara locative devada devalarda ablative devadan devalardan genitive devanın devaların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular devam devalarım 2nd singular devan devaların 3rd singular devası devaları 1st plural devamız devalarımız 2nd plural devanız devalarınız 3rd plural devaları devaları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular devamı devalarımı 2nd singular devanı devalarını 3rd singular devasını devalarını 1st plural devamızı devalarımızı 2nd plural devanızı devalarınızı 3rd plural devalarını devalarını dative singular plural 1st singular devama devalarıma 2nd singular devana devalarına 3rd singular devasına devalarına 1st plural devamıza devalarımıza 2nd plural devanıza devalarınıza 3rd plural devalarına devalarına locative singular plural 1st singular devamda devalarımda 2nd singular devanda devalarında 3rd singular devasında devalarında 1st plural devamızda devalarımızda 2nd plural devanızda devalarınızda 3rd plural devalarında devalarında ablative singular plural 1st singular devamdan devalarımdan 2nd singular devandan devalarından 3rd singular devasından devalarından 1st plural devamızdan devalarımızdan 2nd plural devanızdan devalarınızdan 3rd plural devalarından devalarından genitive singular plural 1st singular devamın devalarımın 2nd singular devanın devalarının 3rd singular devasının devalarının 1st plural devamızın devalarımızın 2nd plural devanızın devalarınızın 3rd plural devalarının devalarının Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular devayım devalarım 2nd singular devasın devalarsın 3rd singular deva devadır devalar devalardır 1st plural devayız devalarız 2nd plural devasınız devalarsınız 3rd plural devalar devalardır

Derived terms

• devasız

Related terms

• tedavi

Further reading

• “deva”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “deva”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “deva”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Anagrams

• veda, vade

Zazaki

Alternative forms

• dewe

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish deve.

Noun

deva

1. camel