દિવાળી

• દીવાળી (dīvāḷī)
• દિયારી (diyārī)

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).

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

દિવાળી • (divāḷī) f

1. Diwali

   Synonyms: દીપોચ્છવ (dīpocchav), દીપોત્સવી (dīpotsavī)

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

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