Diwali

Diwali

See also: diwali

English

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Alternative forms

• Dewali, Divali

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi दिवाली (divālī), from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali, literally “row of lights”), from दीप (dīpa, “light”) + आवलि (āvali, “series, line, row”). Doublet of Deepavali.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈwɑːli/, /dɪˈvɑːli/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪˈwɑli/, /dɪˈvɑli/
• Rhymes: -ɑːli
• Hyphenation: Di‧wa‧li

Proper noun

Diwali (plural Diwalis)

1. (Hinduism) An annual festival of light, observed during several days in October and November.

Usage notes

The terms Diwali or Divali are more common in North India while Deepavali is likewise more prevalent in South India due to the loaning of each term from local source languages. This difference extends to diaspora communities, with areas that have seen more migration from one region adopting that term for the festival.[1]

Synonyms

• Festival of Lights
• Deepavali, Deepawali

Translations

Hindu festival of lights

Arabic: دِيوَالِي‎ (dīwālī) Assamese: দেৱালী (dewali), দীপাৱলী (dipawoli) Bengali: দীপাবলি (bn) (dipabôli) Bulgarian: Дива́ли (Diváli) Burmese: ဒီပါဝလီ (my) (dipawa.li), ဒေဝါလီ (dewali) Chinese: Mandarin: 屠妖節／屠妖节 (zh) (Túyāojié), 排燈節／排灯节 (Páidēngjié) Danish: Divali Dutch: Divali Finnish: diwali, divali, deepavali German: Diwali Gujarati: દિવાળી f (divāḷī), દીપાવલી f (dīpāvalī) Hindi: दिवाली (hi) f (divālī), दीवाली f (dīvālī), देवाली (hi) f (devālī), दीपावली (hi) f (dīpāvlī), दीपावलि (hi) f (dīpāvli), दीपाली (hi) f (dīpālī), दीपोत्सव (hi) m (dīpotsav), दीपमालिका (hi) f (dīpmālikā), दीपमाली (hi) f (dīpmālī), सुखरात्रि (hi) f (sukhrātri) Indonesian: Deepavali, Dipawali Irish: Díbheálaí m Japanese: ディーワーリー (Dīwārī) Kannada: ದೀಪಾವಳಿ (kn) (dīpāvaḷi) Konkani: दिवाळी (divāḷī) Malay: Deepavali (ms) Malayalam: ദീപാവലി (ml) (dīpāvali) Marathi: दिवाळी f (divāḷī) Nepali: तिहार (ne) (tihār), दीपावली (dīpāvlī) Oriya: ଦୀପାବଳୀ (dipabôḷi) Persian: دوالی‎ (fa) (devâli), دیوالی‎ (divâli), دیپاولی‎ (dipâvali) Portuguese: Diwali m, Divali m Punjabi: Gurmukhi: ਦਿਵਾਲੀ (pa) (divālī), ਦੀਵਾਲੀ (pa) f (dīvālī), ਦੀਪਾਵਲੀ (dīpāvalī) Shahmukhi: دوالی‎ (divālī), دیپاولی‎ (dīpāvalī) Rajasthani: दियाळी f (diyāḷī) Russian: Дива́ли m (Diváli), Дипа́вали m (Dipávali) Sanskrit: दीपावलि (sa) f (dīpāvali), दीपाली (sa) f (dīpālī) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Дивали, Дипавали Roman: Divali, Dipavali Sindhi: دیاری‎ (dyari) Sinhalese: දීපාවලි (dīpāwali) Spanish: Diwali, Divali, festival de las luces Tamil: தீபாவளி (ta) (tīpāvaḷi) Telugu: దీపావళి (te) (dīpāvaḷi) Turkish: Divali Ukrainian: Діва́лі m (Diváli), Діпа́валі m (Dipávali) Urdu: دوالی‎ f (divālī), دیپاولی‎ f (dīpāvalī)

References

1. “Deepavali or Diwali? Going beyond vernacular”, in The Straits Times‎, accessed 2022-01-06

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Proper noun

Diwali m

1. Alternative form of Divali