devī

See also: devi, Devi, and ɖevi

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀻 (Brahmi script)
  • देवी (Devanagari script)
  • দেৰী (Bengali script)
  • දෙවී (Sinhalese script)
  • ဒေဝီ or ဒေဝဳ or ၻေဝီ (Burmese script)
  • เทวี (Thai script)
  • ᨴᩮᩅᩦ (Tai Tham script)
  • ເທວີ (Lao script)
  • ទេវី (Khmer script)
  • 𑄘𑄬𑅇𑄩 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit देवी (devī́, “goddess; queen”). By surface analysis, deva (“god”) +‎ -ī (feminine-forming suffix). Cognate to Gandhari 𐨡𐨅𐨬𐨁 (devi), Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀻 (devī).

Noun

devī f

  1. goddess, female deity
  2. queen

Declension

Declension table of "devī" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)devīdeviyo or devī
Accusative (second)deviṃ or deviyaṃdeviyo or devī
Instrumental (third)deviyādevīhi or devībhi
Dative (fourth)deviyādevīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)deviyādevīhi or devībhi
Genitive (sixth)deviyādevīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)deviyā or deviyaṃdevīsu
Vocative (calling)devideviyo or devī

Descendants

  • → Burmese: ဒေဝီ (dewi) (learned)
  • → Khmer: ទេពី (teipii), ទេវី (teivii) (learned)
  • → Lao: ເທວີ (th) (learned)
  • → Thai: เทวี (tee-wii) (learned)

Further reading

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