different between devi vs deva

Esperanto

Etymology

From French devoir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?devi/
• Hyphenation: de?vi

Verb

devi (present devas, past devis, future devos, conditional devus, volitive devu)

1. ought; should; must
   • 1905, L. L. Zamenhof, Fundamento de Esperanto, Anta?parolo.

     La fundamento de nia lingvo devas resti por ?iam netu?ebla.

     The foundation of our language must stay forever untouchable.

   • 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Levidoj 27:33.

     Oni ne devas esplori, ?u ?i estas bona a? malbona, kaj oni ?in devas ne anstata?igi.

     One should not examine whether it is good or bad, and one should not make a substitute for it.

Conjugation

Usage notes

Ordinarily means must, in the stronger form. To say should or ought, in the weaker form, the conditional devus is used, even in non-conditional clauses. When one actually uses devi in the conditional mood, it is often shown with kvaza? or se to avoid confusion.

Italian

Verb

devi

1. second-person singular present of dovere

Anagrams

• dive
• vedi
• vide

Latvian

Verb

devi

1. 2nd person singular past indicative form of dot

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

devi

1. vocative singular of dev? (“goddess”)

Portuguese

Verb

devi

1. First-person singular (eu) preterite indicative of dever

Turkish

Noun

devi

1. accusative singular of dev

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (devá, “deity, god”). Doublet of daeva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?de?v?/

Noun

deva (plural devas)

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

Related terms

See also

• daeva

Anagrams

• Dave, E.D. Va., Veda, dave, vade

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ??? (deva).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?de?.va?/
• Hyphenation: de?va
• Rhymes: -e?va?

Noun

deva m (plural deva's or devas)

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

Related terms

Italian

Verb

deva

1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive of dovere

Synonyms

• debba

Anagrams

• veda

Latvian

Noun

deva f (4th declension)

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

Declension

Verb

deva

1. 3rd person singular past indicative form of dot
2. 3rd person plural past indicative form of dot

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (devá, “deity, god”)

Noun

deva m

1. god
2. angel

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Burmese: ??? (dewa.)
• ? Khmer: ??? (teiv???)
• ? Northern Thai: ????, ???
• ? Thai: ??? (têep)

References

“deva”, in Pali Text Society, editor, Pali-English Dictionary?, London: Chipstead, 1921-1925.

Portuguese

Verb

deva

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of dever
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of dever
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of dever
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of dever

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (deve).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???a/
• Hyphenation: de?va

Noun

déva f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. camel (mammal)

   Synonym: kàmila

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *d?va, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?- (“to suck, suckle”).

Alternative forms

• djéva (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???a/
• Hyphenation: de?va

Noun

déva f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (poetic) maiden

Declension

Related terms

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *d?va, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?- (“to suck, suckle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???va/

Noun

deva f (genitive singular devy, nominative plural devy, genitive plural diev, declension pattern of žena)

1. (poetic) maiden, lass

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• deva in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *d?va.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dé??a/

Noun

d??va f

1. maiden
2. virgin

Inflection

Further reading

• “deva”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?deba/, [?d?e.??a]

Verb

deva

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of dever.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of dever.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of dever.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dever.

Zazaki

Alternative forms

• dewe

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish deve.

Noun

deva ?

1. camel