دوالی
Persian
Alternative forms
- دیوالی (divâli)
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani دِوالِی / दिवाली (divālī), ultimately from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali). Doublet of دیپاولی (dipâvali).
Proper noun
دوالی • (devâli)
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑀻𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀻 (dīvālī), 𑀤𑀻𑀯𑀸𑀯𑀮𑀻 (dīvāvalī) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali), दीपावली (dīpāvalī). Doublet of دیپاولی (dīpāvalī)
Proper noun
دوالی • (divālī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਦਿਵਾਲੀ)
Urdu
Alternative forms
- دِیوالِی (divālī)
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑀻𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀻 (dīvālī), 𑀤𑀻𑀯𑀸𑀯𑀮𑀻 (dīvāvalī) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali), दीपावली (dīpāvalī). Doublet of دِیپاوَلِی (dīpāvalī).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪ɪ.ʋɑː.liː/
Proper noun
دِوالِی • (divālī) f (Hindi spelling दिवाली)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | دِوالِی (divālī) | دِوالِِیاں (divāliyā̃) |
| oblique | دِوالِی (divālī) | دِوالِِیوں (divāliyō̃) |
| vocative | دِوالِی (divālī) | دِوالِِیو (divāliyō) |
Further reading
- “دوالی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “دوالی”, 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) “دوالي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “diva'li”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.