deva

See also: Deva, devā, devă, and děva

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪvə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪvə

Noun

deva (plural devas)

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

Derived terms

• devic

 

Related terms

• deodar(a)
• Devanagari
• devata (“a lesser god in nature”)
• devi (“goddess”)

 

Anagrams

• Dave, E.D. Va., Veda, dave, vade

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

Related terms

• joviaal
• Zeus

 

Galician

Verb

deva

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

Italian

Alternative forms

• deggia (archaic or poetic)
• debbia (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.va/, /ˈde.va/
• 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

Anagrams

• veda

Latvian

Noun

deva f (4th declension)

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

Declension

Declension of deva (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	deva	devas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	devu	devas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	devas	devu
dative (datīvs)	devai	devām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	devu	devām
locative (lokatīvs)	devā	devās
vocative (vokatīvs)	deva	devas

Verb

deva

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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)
• ទេវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄘𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)

Etymology

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

Noun

deva m (feminine devī)

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

Declension

Declension table of "deva" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	devo	devā
Accusative (second)	devaṃ	deve
Instrumental (third)	devena	devehi or devebhi
Dative (fourth)	devassa or devāya or devatthaṃ	devānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	devasmā or devamhā or devā	devehi or devebhi
Genitive (sixth)	devassa	devānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	devasmiṃ or devamhi or deve	devesu
Vocative (calling)	deva	devā

Derived terms

• devagaha
• devaloka

 

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

Declension of deva

	singular	plural
nominative	déva / dèva	deve
genitive	deve	deva
dative	devi	deva
accusative	devu	deve
vocative	devo	deve
locative	devi	deva
instrumental	devom	deva

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• djéva (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

déva f (Cyrillic spelling де́ва)

1. (poetic) maiden

Declension

Declension of deva

	singular	plural
nominative	deva	deve
genitive	deve	deva
dative	devi	devama
accusative	devu	deve
vocative	devo	deve
locative	devi	devama
instrumental	devom	devama

Related terms

• dèčāk
• devòjčica
• dèvōjka

 

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɟeva]

Noun

deva f

1. (poetic) maiden, lass

Declension

Declension of deva (pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	deva	devy
genitive	devy	diev
dative	deve	devám
accusative	devu	devy
locative	deve	devách
instrumental	devou	devami

Derived terms

• dievča
• dievka

 

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, 2003–2024

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 (in Slovene), 2014–2024

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

• dewe

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish deve.

Noun

deva

1. camel