deva

See also: Deva, devā, devä, devă, děva, and Děva

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

deva (plural devas)

  1. A god in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism.
    Coordinate term: devi

Derived terms

Translations

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, no diminutive)

  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, 2025

Anagrams

Latvian

Noun

deva f (4th declension)

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

Declension

Declension of deva (4th)
singular plural
nominative deva devas
genitive devas devu
dative devai devām
accusative devu devas
instrumental devu devām
locative devā devās
vocative deva devas

Verb

deva

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

Old Khmer

Noun

deva

  1. Latin script form of ទេវ (“deity; god”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

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 / NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)devodevā
Accusative (second)devaṃdeve
Instrumental (third)devenadevehi or devebhi
Dative (fourth)devassa or devāya or devatthaṃdevānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)devasmā or devamhā or devādevehi or devebhi
Genitive (sixth)devassadevānaṃ
Locative (seventh)devasmiṃ or devamhi or devedevesu
Vocative (calling)devadevā

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Burmese: ဒေဝ (dewa.)
  • → Old Khmer: ទេវ, ទេហ្វ៑ (“dehv”)
  • → Thai: เทว (teeo), เทวะ (tee-wá), เทวา (twao)

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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دوه (deve).

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

Noun

déva f (Cyrillic spelling де́ва) (Ekavian)

  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

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɟeva/, [ˈɟeʋa]
  • Rhymes: -eva
  • Hyphenation: de‧va

Noun

deva f

  1. (poetic) maiden, lass

Declension

Declension of deva
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativedevadevy
genitivedevydiev
dativedevedevám
accusativedevudevy
locativedevedevách
instrumentaldevoudevami

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, 2003–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dě̀va. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian djéva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /déːʋa/
  • Rhymes: -éːʋa
  • Hyphenation: de‧va

Noun

dẹ̑va f

  1. (obsolete) girl (an adult young woman who is not yet married)
    Synonym: deklȅ

Declension

First feminine declension (a-stem) , fixed accent
nom. sing. dẹ̑va
gen. sing. dẹ̑ve
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik 		dẹ̑va dẹ̑vi dẹ̑ve
genitive
rodȋlnik 		dẹ̑ve dẹ̑v dẹ̑v
dative
dajȃlnik 		dẹ̑vi dẹ̑vama dẹ̑vam
accusative
tožȋlnik 		dẹ̑vo dẹ̑vi dẹ̑ve
locative
mẹ̑stnik 		dẹ̑vi dẹ̑vah dẹ̑vah
instrumental
orọ̑dnik 		dẹ̑vo dẹ̑vama dẹ̑vami
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) 		dẹ̑va dẹ̑vi dẹ̑ve


Further reading

  • “deva”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “deva”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

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

Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree
Arabic دَوَاء (dawāʔ)
Old Anatolian Turkish دوا (devā)
Ottoman Turkish دوا (deva)
Turkish deva

    Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دوا (deva), from Old Anatolian Turkish دوا (devā), from Arabic دَوَاء (dawāʔ).

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    deva (definite accusative devayı, plural devalar)

    1. (medicine) remedy, cure
      Synonyms: çare, ilaç, derman, şifa
    2. (figurative) remedy, solution
      Synonym: çare
      derdine deva olmak ― to become a remedy to someone's problems
      derdine deva bulmak ― to find a remedy to one's problem

    Declension

    Declension of deva
    singular plural
    nominative deva devalar
    definite accusative devayı devaları
    dative devaya devalara
    locative devada devalarda
    ablative devadan devalardan
    genitive devanın devaların
    Possessive forms
    nominative
    singular plural
    1st singular devam devalarım
    2nd singular devan devaların
    3rd singular devası devaları
    1st plural devamız devalarımız
    2nd plural devanız devalarınız
    3rd plural devaları devaları
    definite accusative
    singular plural
    1st singular devamı devalarımı
    2nd singular devanı devalarını
    3rd singular devasını devalarını
    1st plural devamızı devalarımızı
    2nd plural devanızı devalarınızı
    3rd plural devalarını devalarını
    dative
    singular plural
    1st singular devama devalarıma
    2nd singular devana devalarına
    3rd singular devasına devalarına
    1st plural devamıza devalarımıza
    2nd plural devanıza devalarınıza
    3rd plural devalarına devalarına
    locative
    singular plural
    1st singular devamda devalarımda
    2nd singular devanda devalarında
    3rd singular devasında devalarında
    1st plural devamızda devalarımızda
    2nd plural devanızda devalarınızda
    3rd plural devalarında devalarında
    ablative
    singular plural
    1st singular devamdan devalarımdan
    2nd singular devandan devalarından
    3rd singular devasından devalarından
    1st plural devamızdan devalarımızdan
    2nd plural devanızdan devalarınızdan
    3rd plural devalarından devalarından
    genitive
    singular plural
    1st singular devamın devalarımın
    2nd singular devanın devalarının
    3rd singular devasının devalarının
    1st plural devamızın devalarımızın
    2nd plural devanızın devalarınızın
    3rd plural devalarının devalarının
    Predicative forms
    singular plural
    1st singular devayım devalarım
    2nd singular devasın devalarsın
    3rd singular deva
    devadır     		devalar
    devalardır
    1st plural devayız devalarız
    2nd plural devasınız devalarsınız
    3rd plural devalar devalardır

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    Anagrams

    Zazaki

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Turkish deve.

    Noun

    deva

    1. camel
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