As a Hindi name
देवाला · dewālā · s.m.
1˚ = devālay — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 560
देना
to give, grant, award; to lay (eggs), give birth to; to orate, deliver; to pay
Śabdasāgara also records: वह अवस्था जिसमें मनुष्य के पास अपना ऋण चुकाने के लिये कुछ न रह जाय । पूँजी या आय न रह जाने के कारण ऋण चुकाने में असमर्थता । कर्ज न चुका सकना । टाट उलटना · किसी पदार्थ का बिलकुल न रह जाना । जैसे, ज्यौनारवाले दिन उनके यहाँ पूरियों का दिवाला हो गया
Cited formation "देवाला" is दे + -वाला: दे means "De (member of the De caste)", and the suffix -वाला forms 'one who does / sells / deals in / is concerned with' (adjectives, also used as nouns). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(20) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "देवाला" is देवाल + -आ: देवाल means "= dewal, and devālay, qq.v", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "देवाला" is देवाल + -आ: देवाल means "= dewal, and devālay, qq.v", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
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
One of the female personifications of music. E. deva a deity, and ala adapted to, fem. affix ṭāp.
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devālā f. (in music) N. of a Rāgiṇī.
devālā f. (-lā) One of the female personifications of music. E. deva a deity, and ala adapted to, fem. affix ṭāp.
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