# देवी
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit देवी (devī).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /d̪eː.ʋiː/

### Noun

देवी • (devī) f (masculine देव, Urdu spelling دیوی)
* female deity, goddess
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:भगवान
* lady

#### Declension
### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “देवी”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “देवी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* Platts, John T. (1884) “देवी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “देवी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit देवी (devī), through Old Marathi 𑘟𑘹𑘪𑘲 (devī).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d̪e.ʋi/, [d̪e.ʋiː]

### Noun

देवी • (devī) f
* goddess, female deity

#### Declension
### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “देवी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “देवी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “देवी”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
* Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “देवी”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* devī (Latin script)
* 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀻 (Brahmi script)
* দেৰী (Bengali script)
* දෙවී (Sinhalese script)
* ဒေဝီ or ဒေဝဳ or ၻေဝီ (Burmese script)
* เทวี (Thai script)
* ᨴᩮᩅᩦ (Tai Tham script)
* ເທວີ (Lao script)
* ទេវី (Khmer script)
* 𑄘𑄬𑅇𑄩 (Chakma script)

### Noun

देवी f
* Devanagari script form of devī (“goddess, queen”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* দেৱী (Assamese script)
* ᬤᬾᬯᬷ (Balinese script)
* দেবী (Bengali script)
* 𑰟𑰸𑰪𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀻 (Brahmi script)
* ဒေဝီ (Burmese script)
* દેવી (Gujarati script)
* ਦੇਵੀ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑍀 (Grantha script)
* ꦢꦺꦮꦷ (Javanese script)
* 𑂠𑂵𑂫𑂲 (Kaithi script)
* ದೇವೀ (Kannada script)
* ទេវី (Khmer script)
* ເທວີ (Lao script)
* ദേവീ (Malayalam script)
* ᡩᡝᠸᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘟𑘹𑘪𑘲 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠧᠸᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦿𑧚𑧊𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐡𑐾𑐰𑐷 (Newa script)
* ଦେଵୀ (Odia script)
* ꢣꢾꢮꢷ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆢𑆼𑆮𑆵 (Sharada script)
* 𑖟𑖸𑖪𑖱 (Siddham script)
* දෙවී (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩭𑩔𑩾𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚛𑚲𑚦𑚯 (Takri script)
* தே³வீ (Tamil script)
* దేవీ (Telugu script)
* เทวี (Thai script)
* དེ་ཝཱི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒠𑒹𑒫𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨛𑨄𑨭𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *déywih₂ (“goddess”). Equivalent to देव (deva) +‎ -ई (-ī). Cognate with Lithuanian deivė, Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬍 (daēuuī, “female Daeva”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /dɐj.ʋíː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d̪eː.ʋiː/

### Noun

देवी • (devī́) stem, f
* female deity, goddess
** c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.69.3:प्रा॒तर् दे॒वीम् अदि॑तिं जोहवीमि म॒ध्यंदि॑न॒ उदि॑ता॒ सूर्य॑स्य। रा॒ये मि॑त्रावरुणा स॒र्वता॒तेळे॑ तो॒काय॒ तन॑याय॒ शं योः॥prātár devī́m áditiṃ johavīmi madhyáṃdina úditā sū́ryasya. rāyé mitrāvaruṇā sarvátātéḷe tokā́ya tánayāya śáṃ yóḥ.I invoke the goddess Aditi at dawn, and at mid-day, and when the sun is setting; I worship you, Mitra and Varuṇa, at all seasons, for the sake of riches, for sons and grandsons, for prosperity and happiness.

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas

#### Descendants

* Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀻 (devī)
** Prakrit: 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀻 (devī)
*** Assamese: -দৈ (-doi)
* → Assamese: দেৱী (dewi)
* → Bengali: দেবী (debi)
* → Hindustani:
** Hindi: देवी (devī)
** Urdu: دیوی (devī)
* → Old Marathi: 𑘟𑘹𑘪𑘲 (devī)
** Marathi: देवी (devī)
* → Nepali: देवी (devī)
* Pali: devī
** → Burmese: ဒေဝီ (dewi) (learned)
** → Khmer: ទេពី (teipii), ទេវី (teivii) (learned)
** → Lao: ເທວີ (thē wī) (learned)
** → Thai: เทวี (tee-wii) (learned)
* → English: Devi
* → Kannada: ದೇವಿ (dēvi)
* → Malay:
    Latin script: dewi
    Malay: ديوي
* → Telugu: దేవి (dēvi)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “देवी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 496, column 1.