दीपावली

See also: दीपावलि

Hindi

Alternative forms

• दीपावलि (dīpāvali)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali). Doublet of दिवाली (divālī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪iː.pɑː.ʋə.liː/, [d̪iː.päː.ʋɐ.liː]

Proper noun

दीपावली • (dīpāvalī) f (Urdu spelling دیپاولی)

1. Diwali (annual Indian festival of lights)

   Synonyms: दिवाली (divālī), दीपाली (dīpālī)

   • 2018, R.K. Sinha, Samay Ka Sach, Prabhat Prakashan, →ISBN, page 32:

     सिंगापुर में दीपावली के त्योहार को लेकर खास प्रबंध किया गया है। सिंगापुर में चलनेवाली मेट्रो को दीपावली के लिए खासतौर पर तैयार किया गया है।

     siṅgāpur mẽ dīpāvlī ke tyohār ko lekar khās prabandh kiyā gayā hai. siṅgāpur mẽ calnevālī meṭro ko dīpāvlī ke lie khāstaur par taiyār kiyā gayā hai.

     Special arrangement has been made for the festival of Diwali in Singapore. The Metro that runs in Singapore has been specially readied for Diwali.

Declension

Declension of दीपावली (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दीपावली dīpāvalī	दीपावलियाँ dīpāvaliyā̃
oblique	दीपावली dīpāvalī	दीपावलियों dīpāvaliyõ
vocative	दीपावली dīpāvalī	दीपावलियो dīpāvaliyo

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဒီပါဝလီ (dipawa.li)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दीप”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “दीपावली”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “दीपावली”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Hardev Bahri (2013) “दीपावली”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN

• “दीपावली”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN