दिवाली

See also: देवल

Hindi

Alternative forms

  • दीवाली (dīvālī)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali). Doublet of दीपावली (dīpāvlī).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d̪ɪ.ʋɑː.liː/, [d̪ɪ.ʋäː.liː]

Proper noun

दिवाली • (divālī) f (Urdu spelling دوالی)

  1. Diwali (a Hindu festival of lights)
    Synonyms: दीपावली (dīpāvlī), दीपाली (dīpālī)
    दिवाली की शुभकामनाएँdivālī kī śubhkāmnāẽHappy Diwali!
    • 2002, Rajendra Kumar Sharma, Grameen Samajshastra, Atlantic Publishers & Dist, →ISBN, page 262:
      दिवाली—होली और दशहरे की तरह दिवाली या दीपावली का त्योहार भी हिन्दुओं का एक प्रसिद्ध त्योहार है। अधिकतर गाँवों में दिवाली बड़ी धूम-धाम से मनायी जाती है।
      divālī—holī aur daśahre kī tarah divālī yā dīpāvlī kā tyohār bhī hinduõ kā ek prasiddh tyohār hai. adhiktar gā̃võ mẽ divālī baṛī dhūm-dhām se manāyī jātī hai.
      Diwali - like Holi and Dussehra, the festival of Diwali or Deepawali is also a famous festival of Hindus. In most of the villages, Diwali is celebrated with great pomp and show.

Declension

Descendants

  • English: Diwali/Divali/Dewali
  • Irish: Díbheálaí
  • Burmese: ဒေဝါလီ (dewali)

References

  • दिवाली”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
  • दिवाली”, 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) “दिवाली”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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    S. W. Fallon (1879) “दिवाली”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
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