देवन्
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr (“brother-in-law, huband’s brother”). Cognate with Latin levir (“brother-in-law, husband’s brother”), Ancient Greek δᾱήρ (dāḗr, “brother-in-law, husband’s brother”), Old English tācor (“brother-in-law, husband’s brother”), Russian деверь (déver’, “brother-in-law, husband’s brother”), Lithuanian dieveris (“brother-in-law, husband’s brother”). Variants: देवर (devara) and देवृ (devṛ).
Noun
देवन् • (devan) m
Declension
| Neuter n-stem declension of देवन् | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | देव (deva) | ||
| Gen. sg. | देव्नः (devnaḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | देव (deva) | देवनी (devanī) | देवानि (devāni) |
| Vocative | देव (deva) | देवनी (devanī) | देवानि (devāni) |
| Accusative | देव (deva) | देवनी (devanī) | देवानि (devāni) |
| Instrumental | देव्ना (devnā) | देवभ्याम् (devabhyām) | देवभिः (devabhiḥ) |
| Dative | देव्ने (devne) | देवभ्याम् (devabhyām) | देवभ्यः (devabhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | देव्नः (devnaḥ) | देवभ्याम् (devabhyām) | देवभ्यः (devabhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | देव्नः (devnaḥ) | देव्नोः (devnoḥ) | देव्नाम् (devnām) |
| Locative | देव्नि (devni) | देव्नोः (devnoḥ) | देवसु (devasu) |
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 495/3
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