"deva" meaning in Pali

See deva in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Inherited from Sanskrit देव (devá, “deity, god”). Etymology templates: {{root|pi|sa|दिव्|id=}}, {{root|pi|ine-pro|*dyew-}}, {{sa-root|दिव्|PIE=dyew|c=1|lang=pi}}, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pi|sa|देव||deity, god|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=devá|ts=}} Sanskrit देव (devá, “deity, god”), {{inh+|pi|sa|देव|t=deity, god|tr=devá}} Inherited from Sanskrit देव (devá, “deity, god”) Head templates: {{pi-noun|m|f=devī}} deva m (feminine devī) Inflection templates: {{pi-decl-noun|g=m}} Forms: devī [feminine], masculine [table-tags], devo [nominative, singular], devā [nominative, plural], devaṃ [accusative, singular], deve [accusative, plural], devena [instrumental, singular], devehi [instrumental, plural], devebhi [instrumental, plural], devassa [dative, singular], devāya [dative, singular], devatthaṃ [dative, singular], devānaṃ [dative, plural], devasmā [ablative, singular], devamhā [ablative, singular], devā [ablative, singular], devehi [ablative, plural], devebhi [ablative, plural], devassa [genitive, singular], devānaṃ [genitive, plural], devasmiṃ [locative, singular], devamhi [locative, singular], deve [locative, singular], devesu [locative, plural], deva [singular, vocative], devā [plural, vocative]
  1. god, deity, angel Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-deva-pi-noun-K5s1lNNM Categories (other): Pali nouns with other-gender equivalents, Gods, Religion Disambiguation of Pali nouns with other-gender equivalents: 30 31 20 20 Disambiguation of Gods: 80 16 2 2 Disambiguation of Religion: 68 32 0 0
  2. the sky, heaven Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-deva-pi-noun-kn8TsaXT Categories (other): Pali entries with incorrect language header, Pali nouns with other-gender equivalents Disambiguation of Pali entries with incorrect language header: 19 55 13 13 Disambiguation of Pali nouns with other-gender equivalents: 30 31 20 20
  3. a rain cloud Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-deva-pi-noun-Xx7K5zVL Categories (other): Pali nouns with other-gender equivalents Disambiguation of Pali nouns with other-gender equivalents: 30 31 20 20
  4. a king Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-deva-pi-noun-sNmUEBmW Categories (other): Pali nouns with other-gender equivalents Disambiguation of Pali nouns with other-gender equivalents: 30 31 20 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: devagaha, devaloka

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "devagaha"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "dewa.",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "a rain cloud"
      ],
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        "a king"
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        "masculine"
      ]
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Pali dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-20 using wiktextract (cdfa371 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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