deva

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪvə/

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• Rhymes: -eɪvə

deva (plural devas)

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

• Dave, E.D. Va., Veda, dave, vade

Borrowed from Sanskrit देव (deva).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.vaː/
• Hyphenation: de‧va
• Rhymes: -eːvaː

deva m (plural deva's or devas)

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

deva

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.va/, /ˈde.va/^[1][2]
• Rhymes: -ɛva, -eva
• Hyphenation: dè‧va, dé‧va

deva

1. (rare) Alternative form of debba, first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive of dovere

• veda

deva f (4th declension)

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

deva

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

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

deva m (feminine devī)

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

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

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “deva”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

deva

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

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دوه (deve).

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

déva f (Cyrillic spelling де́ва)

1. camel (mammal)

   Synonym: kàmila

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

• djéva (Ijekavian)

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

déva f (Cyrillic spelling де́ва)

1. (poetic) maiden

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈɟeva]

deva f

1. (poetic) maiden, lass

• “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

From Proto-Slavic *děva.

• IPA^(key): /déːʋa/

dẹ̑va f

1. maiden
2. virgin

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

• “deva”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeba/ [ˈd̪e.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -eba
• Syllabification: de‧va

deva

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

• dewe

Borrowed from Turkish deve.

deva

1. camel