ទេវ

Khmer

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali deva or Sanskrit देव (deva).

Pronunciation

Orthographic ទេវ dev Phonemic ទេ-វៈ de-v` WT romanisation teivĕəʼ (standard) IPA(key) /tei.ˈʋĕəʔ/

Noun

ទេវ • (teivĕəʼ)

1. deity, deva, god

Derived terms

• ទេវកថា (teiveaʔ kaʔtʰaa, “myth”)

See also

• ព្រះ (prĕəh)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• deva (Latin script)
• 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)
• 𑄘𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)

Noun

ទេវ m

1. Khmer script form of deva (“god”)

Declension

Declension table of "ទេវ" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ទេវោ (devo)	ទេវា (devā)
Accusative (second)	ទេវំ (devaṃ)	ទេវេ (deve)
Instrumental (third)	ទេវេន (devena)	ទេវេហិ (devehi) or ទេវេភិ (devebhi)
Dative (fourth)	ទេវស្ស (devassa) or ទេវាយ (devāya) or ទេវត្ថំ (devatthaṃ)	ទេវានំ (devānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ទេវស្មា (devasmā) or ទេវម្ហា (devamhā) or ទេវា (devā)	ទេវេហិ (devehi) or ទេវេភិ (devebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ទេវស្ស (devassa)	ទេវានំ (devānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ទេវស្មិំ (devasmiṃ) or ទេវម្ហិ (devamhi) or ទេវេ (deve)	ទេវេសុ (devesu)
Vocative (calling)	ទេវ (deva)	ទេវា (devā)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• দেৱ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬾᬯ (Balinese script)
• দেব (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰸𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• ဒေဝ (Burmese script)
• देव (Devanagari script)
• દેવ (Gujarati script)
• ਦੇਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍇𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦺꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂵𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ದೇವ (Kannada script)
• ເທວ (Lao script)
• ദേവ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡝᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘹𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠧᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧚𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐾𑐰 (Newa script)
• ଦେଵ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢾꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆼𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖸𑖪 (Siddham script)
• දෙව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩔𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚲𑚦 (Takri script)
• தே³வ (Tamil script)
• దేవ (Telugu script)
• เทว (Thai script)
• དེ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒹𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨄𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Noun

ទេវ • (devá) stem, m

1. Khmer script form of देव (“god”)
   • 900-1100 AD; copied later, Arlo Griffiths, Kunthea Chhom, “A problematic inscription (K.1237)”, in Udaya: Journal of Khmer Studies‎^[1], volume 14 (PDF), Yosothor, published 2019, halshs-02168837, page 10:

     វិវធ៌យន្តិយេទេវ
     ភូមិទាសាំគ្ច*ធាម្ម៌ិកាះ
     ស្វគ្គ៌េតេសវ្វ៌ទេវេន
     បូជ្យន្តាន្និត្យសំបទះ ៕
     * Read គ្ច as ឝ្ច

     vivardhayanti ye deva
     bhūmidāsāṃś ca dhārmmikāḥ
     svargge te sarvvadevena
     pūjyantān nityasaṃpadaḥ ॥

     The pious ones who make the god's land and servants prosper, may they be honoured in heaven by all the gods and always be prosperous.

Adjective

ទេវ • (devá) stem

1. Khmer script form of देव (“divine”)