दीवाली dīvālī

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

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This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

(lit. 'A row of lamps'), A Hindū festival celebrated on the day of the new moon of Kārttik in honour of Kārttikeya, the god of war. (At this festival, the Hindūs, after bathing in some river, put on their best attire, and perform a śrāddh; and at night they worship Lakshmī; their houses and streets are illuminated, and the night is spent in gambling; the lit lamps symbolize the conquest of light over darkness and good over evil).
Times of merriment.

Usual translation

  1. Diwali

Origin of the definition

दिवाली divālī diva:li: (nf) a Hindu festival celebrated on the day of the new moon of कार्तिक, when lamps are lit on house-tops etc. symbolising the conquest of light over darkness and of good over evil; (fig.) times of merriment.

H دوالي दिवाली diwālī [Prk. दिवआलिआ; S. दीप+आलिका], s.f. (lit. 'A row of lamps'), A Hindū festival celebrated on the day of the new moon of Kārttik in honour of Kārttikeya, the god of war. (At this festival, the Hindūs, after bathing in some river, put on their best attire, and perform a śrāddh; and at night they worship Lakshmī; their houses and streets are illuminated, and the night is spent in gambling.)

Usage in the murlis

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In 22 on 2386 murlis

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Created
Friday 13 November 2020
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Saturday 13 July 2024