deva

See also: Deva, devā, devă, and děva

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeɪvə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪvə

Noun

deva (plural devas)

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

Anagrams

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)

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

Galician

Verb

deva

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

Italian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.va/, /ˈde.va/[1][2]
  • 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

References

  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

Latvian

Noun

deva f (4th declension)

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

Declension

Verb

deva

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

deva m (feminine devī)

  1. god
  2. angel

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

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

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دوه (deve).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

déva f (Cyrillic spelling де́ва)

  1. camel (mammal)
    Synonym: kàmila
Declension

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Noun

déva f (Cyrillic spelling де́ва)

  1. (poetic) maiden
Declension

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɟɛva/

Noun

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

  1. (poetic) maiden, lass

Declension

Derived terms

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, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *děva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /déːʋa/

Noun

dẹ̑va f

  1. maiden
  2. virgin

Inflection

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

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

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

Zazaki

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish deve.

Noun

deva

  1. camel
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