dewa

See also: Dewa and de wa

Indonesian

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Sanskrit देव (deva, god).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛ.wa/
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  • Hyphenation: dè‧wa
  • Rhymes: -wa, -a

Noun

dewa

  1. god (male deity)
  2. (figurative) idol

Usage notes

Together with its female counterpart dewi (goddess), these words are only used in the sense of polytheistic deities.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • kedewaan
  • memperdewa
  • memperdewakan
  • mendewa-dewakan
  • mendewakan
  • pendewaan
  • Dewa (Balinese brahmin title)

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

dewa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of では

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit देव (deva, god).

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. god (deity)

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • dewaraja

See also

Maltese

Root
d-w-j
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic دَوَى (dawā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.wa/

Verb

dewa (imperfect jidwi, past participle midwi, active participle diewi, verbal noun diwi)

  1. to sound, to ring, to echo

Conjugation

    Conjugation of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m dwejt dwejt Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) dwejna dwejtu dwew
f dwiet
imperfect m nidwi tidwi jidwi nidwu tidwu jidwu
f tidwi
imperative idwi idwu

Polish

dewa

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit देव (deva).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.va/
  • Rhymes: -ɛva
  • Syllabification: de‧wa

Noun

dewa m pers

  1. (Hinduism) deva (one of the benevolent deities involved in constant conflict with the more power-seeking Asuras)
    Coordinate term: asura

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

  • dewa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • dewa in PWN's encyclopedia
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