دوالی

Persian

Alternative forms
  • دیوالی‎ (divâli)
  • دیپاولی‎ (dipâvali)

Etymology

From Hindustani دِوَالِی‎ / दिवाली (divālī), ultimately from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali).

Proper noun

دوالی • (devâli)

  1. (Hinduism) Diwali

Punjabi

Alternative forms
  • دیپاولی‎ (Dīpāvalī)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali).

Proper noun

دوالی • (Divālī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਦਿਵਾਲੀ)

  1. (Hinduism) Diwali

Urdu

Alternative forms
  • دِیوالِی‎ (divālī)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali). Doublet of دِیپاوَلِی‎ (dīpāvalī).

Proper noun

دِوالِی • (divālī) f (Hindi spelling दिवाली)

  1. (Hinduism) Diwali

Further reading
  • “دوالی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “دوالی”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
  • 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), “دوالی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
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