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devi

devī

fem voc sg of devī (noun)

1. queen
2. goddess; female deity

Etymology. √div > dev + *a + ī; from √div 'shine'; Sanskrit devī [div]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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