Diwali

diwali English Alternative forms en Dewali Divali Etymology en sa दीप् वल् en :bor festival of lights hi:दिवाली<id:festival of lights> en hi दिवाली, from en sa दीपावलि row of lights, from sa दीप light + sa आवलि series, line, row. en Deepavali. Pronunciation en India /d̪ɪˈʋɑː.liː/ /ˈd̪iː.ʋɑː.liː/ en /dɪˈwɑːli/ /dɪˈvɑːli/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Diwali.wav Southern England en /dɪˈwɑli/ /dɪˈvɑli/ GA en ɑːli 3 en Di wa li Proper noun s en Hinduism An annual festival of light, observed during several days in October and November. en Chandelis Duster Millions of people celebrate Diwali this week. Here is what you should know w:NPR https://www.npr.org/2024/10/29/nx-s1-5167938/what-is-diwali 2024-10-30 Around one billion people worldwide and across the U.S. will celebrate Diwali this week. https://web.archive.org/web/20260428115540/https://www.npr.org/2024/10/29/nx-s1-5167938/what-is-diwali 28 April 2026 en Deepa Bharath California makes Diwali an official statewide holiday w:KCRA https://www.kcra.com/article/california-makes-diwali-statewide-holiday/68891821 2025-10-07 While Diwali is a major religious festival for Hindus, it is also observed by Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists. https://web.archive.org/web/20251119061901/https://www.kcra.com/article/california-makes-diwali-statewide-holiday/68891821 19 November 2025 Usage notes The terms en Diwali or en Divali are more common in North India while en Deepavali is more prevalent in South India due to the loaning of each term from local source languages. This difference extends to diaspora communities, with areas that have seen more migration from one region adopting that term for the festival.2022-01-06 Deepavali or Diwali? Going beyond vernacular https://sutd.edu.sg/About/happenings/News/2019/8/Deepavali-or-Diwali-Going-beyond-vernacular The Straits Times https://web.archive.org/web/20241207235820/https://www.sutd.edu.sg/About/happenings/News/2019/8/Deepavali-or-Diwali-Going-beyond-vernacular 7 December 2024 Synonyms en Festival of Lights en Deepavali, en Deepawali (more often used in Malaysia and Singapore) en Kali Puja (more often used in Bangladesh, Bengal, and Odisha) Translations Hindu festival of lights Arabic: ar دِيوَالِي Assamese: as দেৱালী, as দীপাৱলী Bengali: bn দীপাবলি, bn দেওয়ালি Bulgarian: bg Дива́ли Burmese: my ဒီပါဝလီ, my ဒေဝါလီ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 屠妖節 Túyāojié, cmn 排燈節 Páidēngjié Danish: da Divali Dutch: nl Divali, nl Diwali Finnish: fi diwali, fi divali, fi deepavali German: de Diwali Gujarati: gu દિવાળી f, gu દીપાવલી f dīpāvalī Hindi: hi दिवाली f, hi दीवाली f, hi देवाली f, hi दीपावली f, hi दीपावलि f, hi दीपाली f, hi दीपोत्सव m, hi दीपमालिका f, hi दीपमाली f, hi सुखरात्रि f Indonesian: id Deepavali, id Dipawali Irish: ga Díbheálaí m Japanese: ja ディーワーリー Dīwārī Kannada: kn ದೀಪಾವಳಿ Konkani: kok दिवाळी divāḷī Malay: ms Deepavali Malayalam: ml ദീപാവലി Marathi: mr दिवाळी f, mr दीपावली f Marwari: mwr दियाळी f Nepali: ne तिहार, ne दीपावली Odia: or ଦୀପାବଳୀ Persian: fa دوالی devâli, fa دیوالی divâli, fa دیپاولی dipâvali Portuguese: pt Diwali m, pt Divali m Punjabi: Gurmukhi: pa ਦਿਵਾਲੀ, pa ਦੀਵਾਲੀ f, pa ਦੀਪਾਵਲੀ dīpāvalī Shahmukhi: pa دوالی divālī, pa دیپاولی dīpāvalī Russian: ru Дива́ли m, ru Дипа́вали m Sanskrit: sa दीपावलि f, sa दीपाली f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Дивали, sh Дипавали Latin: sh Divali, sh Dipavali Sindhi: sd دیاری dyari Sinhalese: si දීපාවලි Spanish: es Diwali, es Divali, es festival de las luces Tamil: ta தீபாவளி Telugu: te దీపావళి Tulu: tcy ദീപാവളി Turkish: tr Divali Ukrainian: uk Діва́лі m, uk Діпа́валі m Urdu: ur دوالی divālī f, ur دیپاولی dīpāvalī f References en Holidays Dutch Alternative forms nl Divali Etymology From nl hi दिवाली. Pronunciation nl /diˈʋaː.li/ Proper noun nl Holidays nl Hinduism en Diwali Further reading nl Portuguese Proper noun m pt Divali