"Diwali" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /dɪˈwɑːli/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈvɑːli/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈwɑli/ [General-American], /dɪˈvɑli/ [General-American] Forms: Diwalis [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːli Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi दिवाली (divālī), from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali, literally “row of lights”), from दीप (dīpa, “light”) + आवलि (āvali, “series, line, row”). Doublet of Deepavali. Etymology templates: {{root|en|sa|दीप्|वल्}}, {{bor|en|hi|दिवाली}} Hindi दिवाली (divālī), {{der|en|sa|दीपावलि|lit=row of lights}} Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali, literally “row of lights”), {{m|sa|दीप||light}} दीप (dīpa, “light”), {{m|sa|आवलि||series, line, row}} आवलि (āvali, “series, line, row”), {{doublet|en|Deepavali}} Doublet of Deepavali Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Diwali (plural Diwalis)
  1. (Hinduism) An annual festival of light, observed during several days in October and November. Wikipedia link: Diwali Tags: Hinduism Categories (topical): Hinduism, Holidays Synonyms: Festival of Lights, Deepavali, Deepawali (alt: more often used in Malaysia and Singapore), Dewali, Divali Translations (Hindu festival of lights): دِيوَالِي (dīwālī) (Arabic), দেৱালী (dewali) (Assamese), দীপাৱলী (dipawoli) (Assamese), দীপাবলি (dipaboli) (Bengali), দেওয়ালি (deōẇali) (Bengali), Дива́ли (Diváli) (Bulgarian), ဒီပါဝလီ (dipawa.li) (Burmese), ဒေဝါလီ (dewali) (Burmese), 屠妖節 (Chinese Mandarin), 屠妖节 (Túyāojié) (Chinese Mandarin), 排燈節 (Chinese Mandarin), 排灯节 (Páidēngjié) (Chinese Mandarin), Divali (Danish), Divali (Dutch), Diwali (Dutch), diwali (Finnish), divali (Finnish), deepavali (Finnish), Diwali (German), દિવાળી (divāḷī) [feminine] (Gujarati), દીપાવલી (dīpāvalī) [feminine] (Gujarati), दिवाली (divālī) [feminine] (Hindi), दीवाली (dīvālī) [feminine] (Hindi), देवाली (devālī) [feminine] (Hindi), दीपावली (dīpāvlī) [feminine] (Hindi), दीपावलि (dīpāvli) [feminine] (Hindi), दीपाली (dīpālī) [feminine] (Hindi), दीपोत्सव (dīpotsav) [masculine] (Hindi), दीपमालिका (dīpmālikā) [feminine] (Hindi), दीपमाली (dīpmālī) [feminine] (Hindi), सुखरात्रि (sukhrātri) [feminine] (Hindi), Deepavali (Indonesian), Dipawali (Indonesian), Díbheálaí [masculine] (Irish), ディーワーリー (Dīwārī) (Japanese), ದೀಪಾವಳಿ (dīpāvaḷi) (Kannada), दिवाळी (divāḷī) (Konkani), Deepavali (Malay), ദീപാവലി (dīpāvali) (Malayalam), दिवाळी (divāḷī) [feminine] (Marathi), तिहार (tihār) (Nepali), दीपावली (dīpāwlī) (Nepali), ଦୀପାବଳୀ (dipabôḷi) (Odia), دوالی (devâli) (Persian), دیوالی (divâli) (Persian), دیپاولی (dipâvali) (Persian), Diwali [masculine] (Portuguese), Divali [masculine] (Portuguese), ਦਿਵਾਲੀ (divālī) [Gurmukhi] (Punjabi), ਦੀਵਾਲੀ (dīvālī) [Gurmukhi, feminine] (Punjabi), ਦੀਪਾਵਲੀ (dīpāvalī) [Gurmukhi] (Punjabi), دوالی (divālī) [Shahmukhi] (Punjabi), دیپاولی (dīpāvalī) [Shahmukhi] (Punjabi), दियाळी (diyāḷī) [feminine] (Rajasthani), Дива́ли (Diváli) [masculine] (Russian), Дипа́вали (Dipávali) [masculine] (Russian), दीपावलि (dīpāvali) [feminine] (Sanskrit), दीपाली (dīpālī) [feminine] (Sanskrit), Дивали [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Дипавали [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Divali [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), Dipavali [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), دیاری (dyari) (Sindhi), දීපාවලි (dīpāwali) (Sinhalese), Diwali (Spanish), Divali (Spanish), festival de las luces (Spanish), தீபாவளி (tīpāvaḷi) (Tamil), దీపావళి (dīpāvaḷi) (Telugu), ദീപാവളി (dīpāvaḷi) (Tulu), Divali (Turkish), Діва́лі (Diváli) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Діпа́валі (Dipávali) [masculine] (Ukrainian), دوالی (divālī) [feminine] (Urdu), دیپاولی (dīpāvalī) [feminine] (Urdu)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        },
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          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "dīpāvalī",
          "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi"
          ],
          "word": "دیپاولی"
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          "code": "raj",
          "lang": "Rajasthani",
          "roman": "diyāḷī",
          "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "दियाळी"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "Diváli",
          "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Дива́ли"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
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          "code": "sa",
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          "roman": "dīpāvali",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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        },
        {
          "code": "sa",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "दीपाली"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "Дивали"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
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          "word": "Дипавали"
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        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "Divali"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "sd",
          "lang": "Sindhi",
          "roman": "dyari",
          "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
          "word": "دیاری"
        },
        {
          "code": "si",
          "lang": "Sinhalese",
          "roman": "dīpāwali",
          "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
          "word": "දීපාවලි"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
          "word": "Diwali"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
          "word": "Divali"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
          "word": "festival de las luces"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "tīpāvaḷi",
          "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
          "word": "தீபாவளி"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "dīpāvaḷi",
          "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
          "word": "దీపావళి"
        },
        {
          "code": "tcy",
          "lang": "Tulu",
          "roman": "dīpāvaḷi",
          "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
          "word": "ദീപാവളി"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
          "word": "Divali"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "Diváli",
          "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Діва́лі"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "Dipávali",
          "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Діпа́валі"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "divālī",
          "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "دوالی"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "dīpāvalī",
          "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "دیپاولی"
        }
      ],
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        "Diwali"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈwɑːli/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈvɑːli/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈwɑli/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈvɑli/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːli"
    }
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}
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Deepavali"
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        "English terms derived from the Sanskrit root वल्",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Gujarati terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Konkani terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Punjabi terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
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        "Rhymes:English/ɑːli",
        "Rhymes:English/ɑːli/3 syllables",
        "Serbo-Croatian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Sinhalese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Telugu terms with redundant script codes",
        "Urdu terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
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      ],
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      ],
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        "Hinduism"
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/dɪˈvɑːli/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈwɑli/",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈvɑli/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "rhymes": "-ɑːli"
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      "word": "Festival of Lights"
    },
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      "word": "Deepavali"
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      "alt": "more often used in Malaysia and Singapore",
      "word": "Deepawali"
    },
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      "word": "Dewali"
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      "word": "Divali"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "dīwālī",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "دِيوَالِي"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "dewali",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "দেৱালী"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "dipawoli",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "দীপাৱলী"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "dipaboli",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "দীপাবলি"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "deōẇali",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "দেওয়ালি"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Diváli",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "Дива́ли"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "dipawa.li",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "ဒီပါဝလီ"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "dewali",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "ဒေဝါလီ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "屠妖節"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Túyāojié",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "屠妖节"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "排燈節"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Páidēngjié",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "排灯节"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "Divali"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "Divali"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "Diwali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "diwali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "divali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "deepavali"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "Diwali"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "divāḷī",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "દિવાળી"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "dīpāvalī",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "દીપાવલી"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "divālī",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "दिवाली"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
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      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
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    {
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      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "devālī",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "देवाली"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dīpāvlī",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "दीपावली"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dīpāvli",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "दीपावलि"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dīpālī",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dīpotsav",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "दीपोत्सव"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dīpmālikā",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "दीपमालिका"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dīpmālī",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "दीपमाली"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sukhrātri",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "सुखरात्रि"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "Deepavali"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "Dipawali"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Díbheálaí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Dīwārī",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "ディーワーリー"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "dīpāvaḷi",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "ದೀಪಾವಳಿ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kok",
      "lang": "Konkani",
      "roman": "divāḷī",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "दिवाळी"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "Deepavali"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "dīpāvali",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "ദീപാവലി"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "divāḷī",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "दिवाळी"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "tihār",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "तिहार"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "dīpāwlī",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "दीपावली"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "dipabôḷi",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "ଦୀପାବଳୀ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "devâli",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "دوالی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "divâli",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "دیوالی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dipâvali",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "دیپاولی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Diwali"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Divali"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "divālī",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "Gurmukhi"
      ],
      "word": "ਦਿਵਾਲੀ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "dīvālī",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "Gurmukhi",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ਦੀਵਾਲੀ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "dīpāvalī",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "Gurmukhi"
      ],
      "word": "ਦੀਪਾਵਲੀ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "divālī",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi"
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      "word": "دوالی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "dīpāvalī",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi"
      ],
      "word": "دیپاولی"
    },
    {
      "code": "raj",
      "lang": "Rajasthani",
      "roman": "diyāḷī",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "दियाळी"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Diváli",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Дива́ли"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Dipávali",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Дипа́вали"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "dīpāvali",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "दीपावलि"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "dīpālī",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "दीपाली"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Дивали"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Дипавали"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "Divali"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "Dipavali"
    },
    {
      "code": "sd",
      "lang": "Sindhi",
      "roman": "dyari",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "دیاری"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "dīpāwali",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "දීපාවලි"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "Diwali"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "Divali"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "festival de las luces"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "tīpāvaḷi",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "தீபாவளி"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "dīpāvaḷi",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "దీపావళి"
    },
    {
      "code": "tcy",
      "lang": "Tulu",
      "roman": "dīpāvaḷi",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "ദീപാവളി"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "word": "Divali"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Diváli",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Діва́лі"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Dipávali",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Діпа́валі"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "divālī",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "دوالی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "dīpāvalī",
      "sense": "Hindu festival of lights",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "دیپاولی"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Diwali"
}

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