As a Hindi name
देना
to give, grant, award; to lay (eggs), give birth to; to orate, deliver; to pay
Śabdasāgara also records: नीलकंठ नाम का पक्षी
Platts (p. 561) also records: The blue jay (also written divi)
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Hindi verb set देना (denā) दिलाना (dilānā) दिलवाना (dilvānā) Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Indo-Iranian *dádaHti Sanskrit ददा॑ति (dádāti) ▲ Prakrit 𑀡𑁂𑀇 (ṇei)influ. Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀇 (dei) Old Hindi देना (…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the blue jay, (cf. divi).
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dīvi" is the locative of "dīv" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
dīvi m. the blue jay, L. (cf. divi).
dīvi m. (-viḥ) The blue jay. E. see divi and kikīdivi, &c.
dīv f. (only dat. dīve loc. dīvi, RV.; acc. dyuvam dat. dyuve, AV.) gambling, playing with dice.
dīv dīvi, dīvyat See under √ 2. div.
Alternative readings
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