দেবী

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit देवी (devī), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáywiH, from Proto-Indo-European *déywih₂ (“goddess”).

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /d̪ebi/, [ˈd̪ebiˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /d̪ebi/, [ˈd̪ebiˑ]

Noun

দেবী • (debi) (masculine দেব (deb))

  1. (Hinduism) goddess, devi

Proper noun

দেবী • (debi)

  1. a surname, Debi, equivalent to English Devi
    আশাপূর্ণা দেবী ― aśapurna debi ― Ashapurna Devi
  2. a female given name, Debi, from Sanskrit, equivalent to English Devi
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