dewa

From Malay dewa, from Sanskrit देव (deva, “god”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdewa/ [ˈde.wa]

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• Rhymes: -ewa
• Syllabification: de‧wa

dewa

1. god (male deity)
2. (figurative) idol

Together with its female counterpart dewi (“goddess”), these words are only used in the sense of polytheistic deities.

• dewi f
• ilah
• Tuhan

• “dewa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

dewa

1. Rōmaji transcription of では

From Sanskrit देव (deva, “god”).

• (Standard Literary) IPA^(key): /ˈdewa/ [ˈde.wa]

• (Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA^(key): /ˈdewə/ [ˈde.wə]}
• Rhymes: -ewə, -wə, -ə

dewa (Jawi spelling ديوا, plural dewa-dewa or dewa²)

1. god (deity)

• tuhan / توهن
• hiang / yang / yang-yang / هياڠ / يڠ / يڠ٢
• ilah / اله

• dewi / ديوي f

Inherited from Arabic دَوَى (dawā).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.wa/
• Rhymes: -ɛwa

dewa (imperfect jidwi, past participle midwi, active participle diewi, verbal noun diwi)

1. to sound, to ring, to echo

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit देव (deva).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.va/
• Rhymes: -ɛva
• Syllabification: de‧wa

dewa m pers

1. (Hinduism) deva (one of the benevolent deities involved in constant conflict with the more power-seeking Asuras)

   Coordinate term: asura

• “dewa”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• dewa in PWN's encyclopedia