देवन्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- দেৱন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬤᬾᬯᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- দেবন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰸𑰪𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဒေဝန် (Burmese script)
- દેવન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਦੇਵਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦢꦺꦮꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑂵𑂫𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ದೇವೝ (Kannada script)
- ទេវន៑ (Khmer script)
- ເທວນ຺ (Lao script)
- ദേവന് (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᡝᠸᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘹𑘪𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠧᠸᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑧚𑧊𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐾𑐰𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଦେଵନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢣꢾꢮꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆼𑆮𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖸𑖪𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- දෙවන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭𑩔𑩾𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚲𑚦𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- தே³வந் (Tamil script)
- దేవౝ (Telugu script)
- เทวนฺ (Thai script)
- དེ་ཝ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒹𑒫𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑨄𑨭𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *daHiwā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daHiwā́, from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr (“brother-in-law, husband's brother”). Cognate with Latin levir (“brother-in-law, husband’s brother”), Ancient Greek δᾱήρ (dāḗr, “brother-in-law, husband’s brother”), Old English tācor (“brother-in-law, husband’s brother”), Russian де́верь (déverʹ, “brother-in-law, husband’s brother”), Lithuanian dieveris (“brother-in-law, husband’s brother”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dɐj.ʋɐ́n/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪eː.ʋɐn̪/
Noun
दे॒वन् • (deván) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | दे॒वा (devā́) | दे॒वानौ॑ (devā́nau) दे॒वाना॑¹ (devā́nā¹) |
दे॒वानः॑ (devā́naḥ) |
| accusative | दे॒वान॑म् (devā́nam) | दे॒वानौ॑ (devā́nau) दे॒वाना॑¹ (devā́nā¹) |
दे॒व्नः (devnáḥ) |
| instrumental | दे॒व्ना (devnā́) | दे॒वभ्या॑म् (devábhyām) | दे॒वभिः॑ (devábhiḥ) |
| dative | दे॒व्ने (devné) | दे॒वभ्या॑म् (devábhyām) | दे॒वभ्यः॑ (devábhyaḥ) |
| ablative | दे॒व्नः (devnáḥ) | दे॒वभ्या॑म् (devábhyām) | दे॒वभ्यः॑ (devábhyaḥ) |
| genitive | दे॒व्नः (devnáḥ) | दे॒व्नोः (devnóḥ) | दे॒व्नाम् (devnā́m) |
| locative | दे॒व्नि (devní) दे॒वनि॑ (deváni) दे॒वन्¹ (deván¹) |
दे॒व्नोः (devnóḥ) | दे॒वसु॑ (devásu) |
| vocative | देव॑न् (dévan) | देवा॑नौ (dévānau) देवा॑ना¹ (dévānā¹) |
देवा॑नः (dévānaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Related terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “देवन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 495/3.