દિવાળી

Gujarati

Alternative forms

• દીવાળી (dīvāḷī)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit दीप (dīpa)

Sanskrit आवलि (āvali)

Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali)

Prakrit 𑀤𑀻𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀻 (dīvālī)

Gujarati દિવાળી (divāḷī)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑀻𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀻 (dīvālī), from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali), दीपावली (dīpāvalī, literally “row of lamps”). Doublet of દીપાવલી (dīpāvalī). Cognate with Marathi दिवाळी (divāḷī), Marwari दियाळी (diyāḷī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪i.ʋɑ.ɭi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: દિ‧વા‧ળી

Proper noun

દિવાળી • (divāḷī) f

1. Diwali

   Synonyms: દીપોચ્છવ (dīpocchav), દીપોત્સવી (dīpotsavī)

Declension

Declension of દિવાળી
	singular	plural
nominative	દિવાળી (divāḷī)	દિવાળીઓ (divāḷīo)
oblique	દિવાળી (divāḷī)	દિવાળીઓ (divāḷīo)
vocative	દિવાળી (divāḷī)	દિવાળીઓ (divāḷīo)
instrumental	દિવાળી (divāḷī)	દિવાળીઓ (divāḷīo)
locative	દિવાળીએ (divāḷīe)	દિવાળીઓએ (divāḷīoe)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dīpāvali”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 364

Further reading

• “દિવાળી”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.