deve

See also: devé and dəvə

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دوه (deve),[1] ultimately from Proto-Turkic *tebe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɛˈvɛ], [ˈdɛvɛ]

Noun

deve f (plural deve, definite deveja, definite plural devetë)

  1. camel

References

  1. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017), “deve”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 375

Galician

Verb

deve

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of dever:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Alternative forms

  • debbe (archaic)
  • dee (archaic, poetic or popular Tuscan)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.ve/, /ˈde.ve/[1][2]
  • Rhymes: -ɛve, -eve
  • Hyphenation: dè‧ve, dé‧ve

Verb

deve

  1. third-person singular present indicative of dovere

References

  1. ^ devo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ dovere in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

deve

  1. inflection of def:
    1. weak singular
    2. strong/weak plural

Etymology 2

Verb

deve

  1. alternative form of deven (to deafen)

Pali

Noun

deve

  1. locative singular of deva
  2. accusative plural of deva

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.vi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.ve/
 

  • Audio (Portugal (Porto)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: de‧ve

Verb

deve

  1. inflection of dever:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

deve

  1. inflection of dever:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈve/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: de‧ve

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دوه (deve), from Proto-Turkic *tebe (camel).

Noun

deve (definite accusative deveyi, plural develer)

  1. camel
Declension
Declension of deve
singular plural
nominative deve develer
definite accusative deveyi develeri
dative deveye develere
locative devede develerde
ablative deveden develerden
genitive devenin develerin
Hyponyms
Derived terms
idiomatic uses of "deve"
  • deve bir akçeye, deve bin akçeye
  • deve boynuz ararken kulaktan olmuş
  • deve büyüktür amma beşini bir eşek yeder
  • deve nalbanda bakar gibi
  • deve olmak
  • deve yapmak
  • deve yerine deve çöker
  • deveden büyük fil var
  • devenin derisi eşeğe yük olur
  • deveye bindikten sonra çalı ardına gizlenilmez
  • deveye burç gerek olursa boynunu uzatır
  • deveye hendek atlatmak
  • deveyi düze çıkarmak
  • deveyi havuduyla yutmak
  • deveyi yardan uçuran bir tutam ottur
  • pireyi deve yapmak
  • ya bu deveyi gütmeli, ya bu diyardan gitmeli
proper nouns

Descendants

  • Zazaki: deva

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

deve

  1. dative singular of dev (giant)

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