देव

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit देव (deva).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪eːʋ/

देव • (dev) m (Urdu spelling دیو)

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) deity, god, deva

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:भगवान

The use of देव (dev) is generally restricted to compound words and proper names (रामदेव (rāmdev), हरदेव (hardev), etc.)

• देवी (devī)

देव • (dev) m (Urdu spelling دیو)

1. a male given name, Dev, from Sanskrit

Borrowed from Classical Persian دیوْ (dēw), from Middle Persian 𐫅𐫏𐫇 (dyw /⁠dēw⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v /⁠daivaʰ⁠⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *daywáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós, from *dyew- + *-ós.

देव • (dev) m (Urdu spelling دیو)

1. demon
2. jinn, genie
3. giant

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “देव”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “देव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “देव”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “dēvá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

देव • (dev) m (Latin script ?, Kannada script ?)

1. god, deity

Inherited from Sanskrit देव (deva), through Old Marathi 𑘟𑘹𑘪 (deva).

• IPA^(key): /d̪eʋ/

देव • (dev) m

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) deity, god, deva

• देवी (devī)

देव • (dev) m

1. a male given name, Dev, from Sanskrit

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “देव”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “देव”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “देव”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
• Shankar Gopal Tulpule; Anne Feldhaus (1999), “देव”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit देव (deva).

देव (dev) ?

1. deity
2. god

• देवरौ (devrau)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit देव (deva).

देव (deva) (plural देवन)

1. deity, god, deva
   • c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Saṅkaṭmocan Hanumān Aṣṭak:

     देवन आनि करी बिनती

     devana āni karī binatī

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit देव (deva).

देव • (deva) m

1. god

देव m

1. Devanagari script form of deva

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *daywás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god, the celestial one”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (daēuua), Classical Persian دیو (dēv), Latin deus, divus.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ́j.ʋɐ/

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐj.ʋɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪eː.ʋɐ/

देव • (devá) stem

1. heavenly, divine, also said of terrestrial things of high excellence (Rigvedic)

देव • (devá or déva) stem, m (feminine देवी)

1. deity, god, the gods as the heavenly or shining ones, often reckoned as numbering 33. (Rigvedic, also accented déva according to Panini 3.3.120)
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.90.7:

     तं य॒ज्ञं ब॒र्हिषि॒ प्रौक्ष॒न्पुरु॑षं जा॒तम॑ग्र॒तः ।
     तेन॑ दे॒वा अ॑यजन्त सा॒ध्या ऋष॑यश्च॒ ये ॥

     táṃ yajñáṃ barhíṣi práukṣanpúruṣaṃ jātámagratáḥ.
     téna devā́ ayajanta sādhyā́ ṛ́ṣayaśca yé.

     They immolated as the victim upon the sacred grass Puruṣa, born before creation;
     with him the deities who were Sādhyas and those who were Ṛṣis sacrificed.

   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.13.5:

     अधा॑कृणोः पृथि॒वीं सं॒दृशे॑ दि॒वे यो धौ॑ती॒नाम॑हिह॒न्नारि॑णक्प॒थः ।
     तं त्वा॒ स्तोमे॑भिरु॒दभि॒र्न वा॒जिनं॑ दे॒वं दे॒वा अ॑जन॒न्त्सास्यु॒क्थ्यः॑ ॥

     ádhākṛṇoḥ pṛthivī́ṃ saṃdṛ́śe divé yó dhautīnā́mahihannā́riṇakpatháḥ.
     táṃ tvā stómebhirudábhirná vājínaṃ deváṃ devā́ ajanantsā́syukthyàḥ.

     You have created earth to look upon the sky: you, slaying Ahi, have set free the river's paths.
     You, such, a god, the gods have quickened with their praises, even as a steed with waters: meet for praise are you.

2. rarely also of evil demons (Atharvaveda, Taittiriya Samhita)
3. name of Indra as the god of the sky and giver of rain (Epics)
4. the image of a god, an idol
5. a god on earth or among men, either Brahman, priest or king, prince, as a title of honour, especially in the vocative "your majesty" or "your honour" (Rigvedic)
6. as a given name, diminutive of देवदत्त (devadatta) (Panini 5.3.83)

• Pali: deva (see there for further descendants)

Borrowings

• Monier Williams (1899), “देव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 492, column 2.