Given name · Bengali
দেব
“(sky) god”
দেব (deb) is a masculine given name from Sanskrit, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Bengali.
BengaliWritten in Bengali script. In English: Deb.
Meaning & origin
What it means
দেব goes back to Proto-Indo-European *deywós, meaning “(sky) god.”
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Where it comes from
দেব comes from Sanskrit, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Bengali usage, দেব is a diminutive of দেবদাস.
দেব’s family of names
In Bengali usage, দেব is a diminutive of দেবদাস. In Bengali usage, দেব can be written in the Roman alphabet as Deb.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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