Deva

See also: deva, devā, devă, and děva

Translingual

Etymology

From English Devanagari, from Sanskrit देवनागरी (devanāgarī).

The "nagari" part was trimmed from "Devanagari", in accordance with the four-letter format in ISO 15924.

Proper noun

Deva

  1. ISO 15924 for Devanagari script.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Deva.

English

Etymology

From Romanian Deva

Proper noun

Deva

  1. A city in Hunedoara, Romania

Translations
Translations

Galician
Deva river, Arbo, Pontevedra

Etymology

A hydronym, attested in Medieval Latin as Deva. From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *dēwā (“goddess”), from Proto-Celtic *dēwos (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”).[1] Cognate of English Dee.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdeβɐ]

Proper noun

Deva m

  1. A river in Ourense, Galicia, flowing some 20 km to the river Minho at Arbo
  2. A river in Pontevedra, Galicia, flowing some 20 km to the river Minho at Pontedeva
  • Pontedeva

References
  • “Deva” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  1. Moralejo, Juan José (2009) “Hidronimia prerromana de Gallaecia”, in Kremer, Dieter, editor, Onomástica galega II: onimia e onomástica prerromana e a situación lingüística do noroeste peninsular: actas do segundo coloquio, volume 17, number 3 (18 October 2008), Leipzig: Santiago de Compostela: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, →ISBN, page 63
  2. García Trabazo, José Virgilio (2016) “Prelatin Toponymy of Asturies: a critical review in a historical-comparative perspective”, in Lletres Asturianes‎, number 115, retrieved 14 June 2018, pages 51-71

Latin

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *dēwā (“goddess”), from Proto-Celtic *dēwos (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”).[1]

View of the river

Proper noun

Deva f sg (genitive Devae); first declension

  1. A small river in Hispania Tarraconensis

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Deva
Genitive Devae
Dative Devae
Accusative Devam
Ablative Devā
Vocative Deva

References
  1. Moralejo, Juan José (2009) “Hidronimia prerromana de Gallaecia”, in Kremer, Dieter, editor, Onomástica galega II: onimia e onomástica prerromana e a situación lingüística do noroeste peninsular: actas do segundo coloquio, volume 17, number 3 (18 October 2008), Leipzig: Santiago de Compostela: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, →ISBN, page 63
  • “Deva”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian djeva or Old Church Slavonic дѣва (děva), from Proto-Slavic *děva (“maiden, girl”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdeva/
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Proper noun

Deva f

  1. A city in Hunedoara, Romania

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From the common noun déva (“maiden”).

Pronunciation
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Proper noun

Déva f (Cyrillic spelling Де́ва)

  1. (astronomy) Virgo
  2. (Christianity) Virgin Mary; Our Lady
    Synonyms: Déva Màrija, Sveta Màrija

Declension

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