ទេវ

Khmer

Etymology

Inherited from Old Khmer ទេវ (deva, “deity; god”), Borrowed from Pali deva or Sanskrit देव (deva).

Pronunciation

Orthographic ទេវ
dev
Phonemic ទេ-វៈ
de-v`
WT romanisation teivĕəʼ
(standard) IPA(key) /tei.ˈʋĕəʔ/

Noun

ទេវ • (teivĕəʼ)

  1. deity, deva, god

Derived terms

See also

Old Khmer

Variant forms
Latin deva‍
Pallava ‍

Alternative forms

  • (pre-Angkorian) ទេហ្វ៑ (“dehv”)
  • ទេព្វ (“debva”), ទេព្ភ (“debbha”)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit देव (deva, “deity; god”), or Pali deva. Cognate with Old Javanese dewa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deːp/

Noun

ទេវ (deva)

  1. Divine being: god, divinity, deity.
  2. king, prince; brahmin.
  3. Personal name, slavename.

Verb

ទេវ (deva)

  1. to be heavenly, divine.

Derived terms

The derivation may actually have occurred in Sanskrit or Pali,

  • កន្ទេហ្វ៑ (“kandehv”)
  • កបិលវាសុទេវ (“kapilavāsudeva”)
  • កុមារទេវ (“kumāradeva”)
  • ក្ឫឞ្ណទេវ (“kṛṣnadeva”)
  • គុណទេវ (“guṇadeva”)
  • គុរុទេវ (“gurudeva”)
  • ចន្ទ្រទេវ (“candradeva”)
  • ជយទេវ (“jayadeva”)
  • ជយទេវិ (“jayadevi”)
  • ជយវម្ម៌ទេវ (“jayavarmmadeva”)
  • ជាយទេវ (“jāyadeva”)
  • ជិនទេវ (“jinadeva”)
  • ជិវទេវ (“jīvadeva”)
  • ធម្ម៌ទេវ (“dharmmadeva”)
  • បុឞ្ករាក្ឞទេវ (“puṣkarākṣadeva”)
  • ប្រាមទេវ (“prāmadeva”)
  • ភានុទេវ (“bhānudeva”)
  • មនិទេវ (“manideva”)
  • យជ្ញទេវ (“yajñadeva”)
  • រត្នទេវ (“ratnadeva”)
  • រាមទេវ (“rāmadeva”)
  • វិទ្យាទេវ (“vidyādeva”)
  • វិទ្យាធរទេវ (“vidyādharadeva”)
  • វិឞ្ណុទេវ (“viṣṇudeva”)
  • វីរទេវ (“vīradeva”)
  • ឝម្ភុវម្ម៌ទេវ (“śambhuvarmmadeva”)
  • ឝាន្តិទេវ (“śāntideva”)
  • ឝិលាទេវ (“śiladev”)
  • ឝិវទេវ (“śivadeva”)
  • សុទេវ (“sudeva”)
  • អាកាឝទេវ (“ʼākāśadeva”)

Descendants

  • Khmer: ទេវ (teivĕəʼ)
  • Lao: ເທບ (thēp)
  • Thai: เทพ (têep), เทวะ (tee-wá)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Noun

ទេវ m

  1. Khmer script form of deva (“god”)

Declension

Declension table of "ទេវ" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)ទេវោ (devo)ទេវា (devā)
Accusative (second)ទេវំ (devaṃ)ទេវេ (deve)
Instrumental (third)ទេវេន (devena)ទេវេហិ (devehi) or ទេវេភិ (devebhi)
Dative (fourth)ទេវស្ស (devassa) or ទេវាយ (devāya) or ទេវត្ថំ (devatthaṃ)ទេវានំ (devānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)ទេវស្មា (devasmā) or ទេវម្ហា (devamhā) or ទេវា (devā)ទេវេហិ (devehi) or ទេវេភិ (devebhi)
Genitive (sixth)ទេវស្ស (devassa)ទេវានំ (devānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)ទេវស្មិំ (devasmiṃ) or ទេវម្ហិ (devamhi) or ទេវេ (deve)ទេវេសុ (devesu)
Vocative (calling)ទេវ (deva)ទេវា (devā)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • দেৱ (Assamese script)
  • ᬤᬾᬯ (Balinese script)
  • দেব (Bengali script)
  • 𑰟𑰸𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀤𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
  • ဒေဝ (Burmese script)
  • देव (Devanagari script)
  • દેવ (Gujarati script)
  • ਦੇਵ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌦𑍇𑌵 (Grantha script)
  • ꦢꦺꦮ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂠𑂵𑂫 (Kaithi script)
  • ದೇವ (Kannada script)
  • ເທວ (Lao script)
  • ദേവ (Malayalam script)
  • ᡩᡝᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘟𑘹𑘪 (Modi script)
  • ᢑᠧᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦿𑧚𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐡𑐾𑐰 (Newa script)
  • ଦେଵ (Odia script)
  • ꢣꢾꢮ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆢𑆼𑆮 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖟𑖸𑖪 (Siddham script)
  • දෙව (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩭𑩔𑩾 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚛𑚲𑚦 (Takri script)
  • தே³வ (Tamil script)
  • దేవ (Telugu script)
  • เทว (Thai script)
  • དེ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒠𑒹𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨛𑨄𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Noun

ទេវ • (devá) stem, m

  1. Khmer script form of देव (“god”)
    • 900-1100 AD; copied later, Arlo Griffiths, Kunthea Chhom, “A problematic inscription (K.1237)”, in Udaya: Journal of Khmer Studies‎[1], volume 14 (PDF), Yosothor, published 2019, halshs-02168837, page 10:
      វិវធ៌យន្តិយេទេវ
      ភូមិទាសាំគ្ច*ធាម្ម៌ិកាះ
      ស្វគ្គ៌េតេសវ្វ៌ទេវេន
      បូជ្យន្តាន្និត្យសំបទះ ៕
      * Read គ្ច as ឝ្ច
      vivardhayanti ye deva
      bhūmidāsāṃś ca dhārmmikāḥ
      svargge te sarvvadevena
      pūjyantān nityasaṃpadaḥ ॥
      The pious ones who make the god's land and servants prosper, may they be honoured in heaven by all the gods and always be prosperous.

Adjective

ទេវ • (devá) stem

  1. Khmer script form of देव (“divine”)
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