दीवाना

Hindi
FWOTD – 16 July 2017

Alternative forms
  • दिवाना (divānā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دیوانه‎ (dēvāna), from Middle Persian [script needed] (dyw'nk' /dēwānag/, “demonic; crazy, insane”). Compare Punjabi ਦਿਵਾਨਾ (divānā), ਦੀਵਾਨਾ (dīvānā) / دِیوانہ‎ (diyoanh), Gujarati દીવાનું (dīvānũ), Marathi दिवाणे (divāṇe).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d̪iː.ʋɑː.nɑː/, [d̪iː.ʋäː.n̪äː]

Adjective

दीवाना • (dīvānā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling دِیوَانَہ‎)

  1. crazy, insane, mad
    • 1997, Sonu Nigam, "Yeh Dil Deewana" in Pardes :
      यह दिल दीवाना
      दीवाना है यह दिल
      yah dil dīvānā
      dīvānā hai yah dil
      This heart is crazy
      mad is this heart
    मेरा दिल तेरे लिए दीवाना हो गया है।
    merā dil tere lie dīvānā ho gayā hai.
    My heart is crazy about you.
    Synonym: पागल (pāgal)

Noun

दीवाना • (dīvānā) m (Urdu spelling دِیوَانَہ‎)

  1. lover
    Synonyms: प्रेमी (premī), आशिक़ (āśiq), मजनूँ (majnū̃), साजन (sājan), प्रीतम (prītam)
  2. madman, a crazy person
    Synonym: पगला (paglā)

Declension
Declension of दीवाना (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct दीवाना
dīvānā		 दीवाने
dīvāne
oblique दीवाने
dīvāne		 दीवानों
dīvānõ
vocative दीवाने
dīvāne		 दीवानो
dīvāno

References
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