See also: Deva, devā, devă, 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.

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Noun

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deva (plural devas)

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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit देव (deva).

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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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deva

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

Italian

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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

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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

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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).

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deva m (feminine devī)

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

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Descendants

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

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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).

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

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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).

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

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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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deva f (genitive singular devy, nominative plural devy, genitive plural diev, declension pattern of žena)

  1. (poetic) maiden, lass

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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, 2024

Slovene

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *děva.

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Noun

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dẹ̑va f

  1. maiden
  2. virgin

Inflection

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. déva
gen. sing. déve
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
déva dévi déve
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
déve dév dév
dative
(dajȃlnik)
dévi dévama dévam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
dévo dévi déve
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
dévi dévah dévah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
dévo dévama dévami

Further reading

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  • deva”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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