Given name & surname · Bengali
দেবী
“goddess”
দেবী (debi) is a feminine given name from Sanskrit, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Bengali.
BengaliWritten in Bengali script. In English: Debi.
Meaning & origin
What it means
দেবী goes back to Proto-Indo-European *déywih₂, meaning “goddess.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
দেবী comes from Sanskrit, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Sanskrit देवी, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáywiH, from Proto-Indo-European *déywih₂ (“goddess”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
দেবী’s family of names
In Bengali usage, দেবী can be written in the Roman alphabet as Debi.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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