Personal name · okz
ទេវ
“deity; god”
ទេវ (deva) is a given name from Sanskrit (ultimately Pali), meaning “deity; god.” It is used in Old Khmer.
okzWritten in Khmer script. In English: Deva.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
ទេវ comes from Sanskrit, and ultimately from Pali.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Sanskrit देव (“deity; god”), from Pali deva.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
ទេវ’s family of names
In Old Khmer usage, ទេវ was borrowed from देव.
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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