دوالی

Persian

Alternative forms

• دیوالی (divâli)
• دیپاولی (dipâvali)

Etymology

From Hindustani دوالی / दिवाली (divālī), ultimately from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali).

Proper noun

دوالی • (devâli)

1. (Hinduism) Diwali

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• دیپاولی (Dīpāvalī)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali).

Proper noun

دوالی • (Divālī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਦਿਵਾਲੀ)

1. (Hinduism) Diwali

Urdu

Alternative forms

• دِیوالِی (divālī)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali). Doublet of دِیپاوَلِی (dīpāvalī).

Proper noun

دِوالِی • (divālī) f (Hindi spelling दिवाली)

1. (Hinduism) Diwali

Further reading

• “دوالی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دوالی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ديوالی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 325
• Platts, John T. (1884) “دوالي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

2=diva'li Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.S. W. Fallon (1879) “دوالی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.