दिवाली
See also: देवल
Hindi
Alternative forms
- दीवाली (dīvālī)
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀻𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀻 (dīvālī), from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali). Doublet of दीपावली (dīpāvlī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪ɪ.ʋɑː.liː/, [d̪ɪ.ʋäː.liː], /d̪ɪ.wɑː.liː/, [d̪ɪ.wäː.liː], /d̪iː.ʋɑː.liː/, [d̪iː.ʋäː.liː], /d̪iː.wɑː.liː/, [d̪iː.wäː.liː]
Proper noun
दिवाली • (divālī) f (Urdu spelling دوالی)
- Diwali (a Hindu festival of lights)
- Synonyms: दीपावली (dīpāvlī), दीपाली (dīpālī)
- दिवाली की शुभकामनाएँ ― divālī kī śubhkāmnāẽ ― Happy Diwali!
- 2002, Rajendra Kumar Sharma, Grameen Samajshastra, Atlantic Publishers & Dist, →ISBN, page 262:
- दिवाली—होली और दशहरे की तरह दिवाली या दीपावली का त्योहार भी हिन्दुओं का एक प्रसिद्ध त्योहार है। अधिकतर गाँवों में दिवाली बड़ी धूम-धाम से मनायी जाती है।
- divālī—holī aur daśahre kī tarah divālī yā dīpāvlī kā tyohār bhī hinduõ kā ek prasiddh tyohār hai. adhiktar gā̃võ mẽ divālī baṛī dhūm-dhām se manāyī jātī hai.
- Diwali - like Holi and Dussehra, the festival of Diwali or Deepawali is also a famous festival of Hindus. In most of the villages, Diwali is celebrated with great pomp and show.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | दिवाली divālī |
दिवालियाँ divāliyā̃ |
| oblique | दिवाली divālī |
दिवालियों divāliyõ |
| vocative | दिवाली divālī |
दिवालियो divāliyo |
Descendants
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “दीवाली”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 500
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- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “दिवाली”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
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- “दिवाली”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “ديوالی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 325
- Platts, John T. (1884), “दिवाली”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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