दिवाली

See also: देवल

Hindi

Alternative forms

• दीवाली (dīvālī)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀻𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀻 (dīvālī), from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali). Doublet of दीपावली (dīpāvlī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɪ.ʋɑː.liː/, [d̪ɪ.ʋäː.liː], /d̪ɪ.wɑː.liː/, [d̪ɪ.wäː.liː], /d̪iː.ʋɑː.liː/, [d̪iː.ʋäː.liː], /d̪iː.wɑː.liː/, [d̪iː.wäː.liː]

Proper noun

दिवाली • (divālī) f (Urdu spelling دوالی)

1. Diwali (a Hindu festival of lights)

   Synonyms: दीपावली (dīpāvlī), दीपाली (dīpālī)

   दिवाली की शुभकामनाएँ ― divālī kī śubhkāmnāẽ ― Happy Diwali!

   • 2002, Rajendra Kumar Sharma, Grameen Samajshastra, Atlantic Publishers & Dist, →ISBN, page 262:

     दिवाली—होली और दशहरे की तरह दिवाली या दीपावली का त्योहार भी हिन्दुओं का एक प्रसिद्ध त्योहार है। अधिकतर गाँवों में दिवाली बड़ी धूम-धाम से मनायी जाती है।

     divālī—holī aur daśahre kī tarah divālī yā dīpāvlī kā tyohār bhī hinduõ kā ek prasiddh tyohār hai. adhiktar gā̃võ mẽ divālī baṛī dhūm-dhām se manāyī jātī hai.

     Diwali - like Holi and Dussehra, the festival of Diwali or Deepawali is also a famous festival of Hindus. In most of the villages, Diwali is celebrated with great pomp and show.

Declension

Declension of दिवाली (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दिवाली divālī	दिवालियाँ divāliyā̃
oblique	दिवाली divālī	दिवालियों divāliyõ
vocative	दिवाली divālī	दिवालियो divāliyo

Descendants

• → English: Diwali/Divali/Dewali
• → Irish: Díbheálaí
• → Burmese: ဒေဝါလီ (dewali)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दीवाली”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 500
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “दिवाली”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “दीवाली”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “दिवाली”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Hardev Bahri (2013) “दीवाली”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN

• “दिवाली”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
• “दिवाली”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ديوالی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 325
• Platts, John T. (1884) “दिवाली”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

2=diva'li Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.S. W. Fallon (1879) “दिवाली”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.