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devi

/ˈdeɪvi/

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devi noun: a goddess in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism.

Noun

devi (plural devis)

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

Proper noun capitalized: Devi

Devi

  1. (Hinduism) Shakti, the female aspect of the divine, as conceptualized by the Shakta tradition of Hinduism. She is the female counterpart without whom the male aspect, which represents consciousness or discrimination, remains impotent and void.
  2. A title put at the end of any female deity's name within Hinduism (e.g. Lakshmi Devi, Saraswati Devi, Kali Devi).
  3. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

devi meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam

devi in Tamil

தேவி

devi in Urdu

دیوی

devi in Telugu

దేవి, దేవీ

devi in Malayalam

ദേവി
More languagesFewer languages
devi in Kannada
ದೇವಿ
devi in Punjabi
ਦੇਵੀ

Forms of devi

pluraldevis

Plural of devi: devis

Origin of devi

Borrowed from Sanskrit देवी (devī́, “goddess, female deity”).

Words formed from devi

Phrases with devi

Words that rhyme with devi

Questions about devi

What does devi mean?
Devi means a goddess in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism.
What is devi in Tamil?
Devi in Tamil is தேவி. See Devi meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is devi?
Devi can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce devi?
Devi is pronounced /ˈdeɪvi/.
What is the plural of devi?
The plural of devi is devis.

Words near devi in the dictionary

  1. Devetski
  2. devex
  3. devexities
  4. devexity
  5. DEVGRU
  6. devi
  7. Devi Kanya Kumari
  8. deviable
  9. deviance
  10. deviances
  11. deviancies

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: devi (page history and authors); Devi (page history and authors); devi (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); devi (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); devi (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); devi (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); devi (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); devi (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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