"Shiva" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈʃiːvə/, /ˈʃɪvə/
enPR: shēʹvə, shĭʹvə Rhymes: -iːvə, -ɪvə Etymology: From Sanskrit शिव (śivá, “the auspicious one”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|sa|शिव||the auspicious one|tr=śivá}} Sanskrit शिव (śivá, “the auspicious one”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Shiva
  1. (Hinduism) The god of destruction and transformation, and together with Brahma and Vishnu, one of the principal deities in Hinduism. Within Shaivism he is viewed as the Supreme deity, whereas in other branches of Hinduism such as the Smarta tradition he is worshipped as one of the six manifestations of the Divine. Tags: Hinduism Categories (topical): Hinduism, Hindu deities, Shaivism Translations (deity): Sjiwa (Afrikaans), شِيڤَا (šivā) (Arabic), Śiva (Aragonese), Շիվա (Šiva) (Armenian), শিৱ (xiw) (Assamese), Shivá (Asturian), Şiva (Azerbaijani), Шыва (Šyva) [masculine] (Belarusian), শিব (śibo) (Bengali), शिव (Bihari), Śiva (Breton), သိဝ (si.wa.) (Burmese), Шіва (Šiva) [masculine] (Carpathian Rusyn), Xiva [feminine] (Catalan), 濕婆 (Chinese Cantonese), 湿婆 (sap¹ po⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 大黑天 (daai⁶ hak¹ tin¹) [Buddhism, religion, lifestyle] (Chinese Cantonese), 濕婆 (Chinese Mandarin), 湿婆 (Shīpó) (Chinese Mandarin), 大黑天 (Dàhēitiān) [Buddhism, religion, lifestyle] (Chinese Mandarin), 大自在天 (Dàzìzàitiān) [Buddhism, religion, lifestyle] (Chinese Mandarin), Šiva [masculine] (Czech), Шива (Šiva) (Eastern Mari), Ŝivao (Esperanto), Šiva (Estonian), Shiva (Finnish), Šiva (Finnish), შივა (šiva) (Georgian), Schiwa [masculine] (German), Shiva (German), Σίβα (Síva) [feminine] (Greek), શિવ (śiv) [masculine] (Gujarati), शिव (śiv) [masculine] (Hindi), Siva (Hungarian), Síva (Icelandic), Siwa (Indonesian), Síve [masculine] (Irish), シヴァ (Shiva) (Japanese), 大自在天 (Japanese), Siwah (Javanese), ಶಿವ (śiva) (Kannada), Шива (Şiva) (Kazakh), សូលី (soolii) (Khmer), បរមេស្វរៈ (parameisvara) (Khmer), សិវៈ (sevaʼ) (Khmer), शिव (śiv) (Konkani), 시바 [Siba] (Korean), Sivus (Latin), Šiva [masculine] (Latvian), Šiva [masculine] (Lithuanian), Schiwa [German-Low-German] (Low German), ശിവൻ (śivaṉ) (Malayalam), ꯁꯤꯕ (seeba) (Manipuri), शिव (śiv) [masculine] (Marathi), შივა (šiva) (Mingrelian), शिव (śiv) (Nepali), चिवऩ् (Newar), Shiva (Norwegian Bokmål), Sjiva (Norwegian Nynorsk), Shiva (Norwegian Nynorsk), ଶିବ (śibô) (Odia), شیوا (šivâ) (Persian), Śiwa [masculine] (Polish), Xiva [masculine] (Portuguese), Shiva [masculine] (Portuguese), ਸ਼ਿਵ (śiv) [masculine] (Punjabi), Ши́ва (Šíva) [masculine] (Russian), शिव (śivá) [masculine] (Sanskrit), Ши̑ва [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Šȋva [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), شِو (Sindhi), Šiva [masculine] (Slovak), Šiva (Slovene), சிவன் (civaṉ) (Tamil), Шива (Şiwa) (Tatar), శివుడు (śivuḍu) (Telugu), ศิวะ (sì-wá) (Thai), อิศวร (ì-sǔuan) (Thai), อีศวร (Thai), อิศร (Thai), དབང་ཕྱུག (dbang phyug) (Tibetan), ಈಶ್ವರ (īśvara) (Tulu), Şiva (Turkish), Шива (Šyva) (Ukrainian), شیو (śīv) [masculine] (Urdu), Šiva (Võro), شیوا [masculine] (Western Panjabi), Шива (Shiva) (Yakut)
    Sense id: en-Shiva-en-name-2ZmlTXna Disambiguation of Hindu deities: 65 35 Disambiguation of Shaivism: 61 39 Disambiguation of 'deity': 84 16
  2. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Shiva-en-name-REchmu7P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Śiva, Siva, Shiv, Shivan Related terms: Shaivism

Alternative forms

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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "Sjiwa"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "word": "شِيڤَا"
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      "code": "an",
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      "sense": "deity",
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      "roman": "Šiva",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "Շիվա"
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      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "xiw",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "শিৱ"
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    {
      "code": "ast",
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      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "Shivá"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "Şiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Šyva",
      "sense": "deity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Шыва"
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    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "śibo",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "শিব"
    },
    {
      "code": "bh",
      "lang": "Bihari",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "शिव"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "Śiva"
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    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "si.wa.",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "သိဝ"
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    {
      "code": "rue",
      "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
      "roman": "Šiva",
      "sense": "deity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Шіва"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "deity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Xiva"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "濕婆"
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    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "sap¹ po⁴",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "湿婆"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "sense": "deity",
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        "lifestyle"
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      "word": "大黑天"
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      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "濕婆"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "deity",
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        "lifestyle"
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      "code": "cmn",
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        "lifestyle"
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      "sense": "deity",
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      "word": "შივა"
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      "sense": "deity",
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      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "Shiva"
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "is",
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "deity",
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      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "シヴァ"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "Siwah"
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      "roman": "śiva",
      "sense": "deity",
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "sense": "deity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "시바"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "Sivus"
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      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "deity",
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      "word": "Šiva"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
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      "sense": "deity",
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      "lang": "Manipuri",
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      "sense": "deity",
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      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "śiv",
      "sense": "deity",
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      "code": "new",
      "lang": "Newar",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "चिवऩ्"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "Shiva"
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    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "Sjiva"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "deity",
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    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "śibô",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "ଶିବ"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šivâ",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "شیوا"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "deity",
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      "sense": "deity",
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "deity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Shiva"
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      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "śiv",
      "sense": "deity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ਸ਼ਿਵ"
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      "roman": "Šíva",
      "sense": "deity",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sa",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "deity",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "deity",
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "deity",
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      "code": "ta",
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      "code": "te",
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    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sì-wá",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "ศิวะ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ì-sǔuan",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "อิศวร"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "อีศวร"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "อิศร"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "dbang phyug",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "དབང་ཕྱུག"
    },
    {
      "code": "tcy",
      "lang": "Tulu",
      "roman": "īśvara",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "ಈಶ್ವರ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "Şiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Šyva",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "Шива"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "śīv",
      "sense": "deity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شیو"
    },
    {
      "code": "vro",
      "lang": "Võro",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "Šiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "pnb",
      "lang": "Western Panjabi",
      "sense": "deity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شیوا"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "Shiva",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "Шива"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Shiva"
}

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