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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.

   Coordinate term: devi

• 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, no diminutive)

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

deva

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

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), เทว (teeo), เทวะ (tee-wá), เทวา (twao)

• 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

• IPA^(key): /děːʋa/

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• Hyphenation: de‧va

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دوه (deve).

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)

déva f (Cyrillic spelling де́ва) (Ekavian)

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, 2003–2025

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

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

dẹ̑va f

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

   Synonym: deklȅ

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

• 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

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

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

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

• “deva”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “deva”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “deva”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

• veda, vade

• dewe

Borrowed from Turkish deve.

deva

1. camel