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deva

/ˈdeɪvə/

deva noun: a god in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism.

Noun

deva (plural devas)

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

Proper noun capitalized: Deva

Deva

  1. A city in Hunedoara County, Romania.

deva meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

deva in Hindi

a Hindu or Buddhist deity
देव dev

deva in Tamil

தேவன், கடவுள், இறைவன், அரசன்

deva in Marathi

a Hindu or Buddhist deity
देव dev

deva in Urdu

deva
دیو dev
More languagesFewer languages
deva in Bengali
দেব deb
deva in Sanskrit
देव deva
deva in Vietnamese
thiên

Forms of deva

pluraldevas

Plural of deva: devas

Origin of deva

Transliteration of Sanskrit देव (deva, “deity, god”). Doublet of daeva.

Borrowed from Romanian Deva.

Words formed from deva

Words that rhyme with deva

Questions about deva

What does deva mean?
Deva means a god in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism.
What is deva in Hindi?
Deva in Hindi is देव (dev). See Deva meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is deva?
Deva can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce deva?
Deva is pronounced /ˈdeɪvə/.
What is the plural of deva?
The plural of deva is devas.

Words near deva in the dictionary

  1. Deux-Sèvres
  2. dev
  3. dev null
  4. dev-null
  5. dev.
  6. deva
  7. devachan
  8. devachanic
  9. devachans
  10. devacuate
  11. devacuated

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: deva (page history and authors); Deva (page history and authors); deva (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); دیو (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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