देवकी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

দেৱকী (Assamese script)
ᬤᬾᬯᬓᬷ (Balinese script)
দেবকী (Bengali script)
𑰟𑰸𑰪𑰎𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀓𑀻 (Brahmi script)
ဒေဝကီ (Burmese script)
દેવકી (Gujarati script)
ਦੇਵਕੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌕𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦢꦺꦮꦏꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂠𑂵𑂫𑂍𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ದೇವಕೀ (Kannada script)
ទេវកី (Khmer script)
ເທວກີ (Lao script)
ദേവകീ (Malayalam script)
ᡩᡝᠸᠠᡬᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘟𑘹𑘪𑘎𑘲 (Modi script)
ᢑᠧᠸᠠᢉᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦿𑧚𑧊𑦮𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐡𑐾𑐰𑐎𑐷 (Newa script)
ଦେଵକୀ (Odia script)
ꢣꢾꢮꢒꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑆼𑆮𑆑𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖸𑖪𑖎𑖱 (Siddham script)
දෙවකී (Sinhalese script)
𑩭𑩔𑩾𑩜𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚛𑚲𑚦𑚊𑚯 (Takri script)
தே³வகீ (Tamil script)
దేవకీ (Telugu script)
เทวกี (Thai script)
དེ་ཝ་ཀཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒠𑒹𑒫𑒏𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨛𑨄𑨭𑨋𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Feminine of देवक (devaka).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐj.ʋɐ.kiː/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪eː.ʋɐ.kiː/

Proper noun

देवकी • (devakī) stem, f

(Hinduism) Wife of Vasudeva, cousin of Kamsa and the mother of Krishna

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of देवकी (devakī)
	Singular
Nominative	देवकी devakī
Vocative	देवकि devaki
Accusative	देवकीम् devakīm
Instrumental	देवक्या devakyā
Dative	देवक्यै devakyai
Ablative	देवक्याः / देवक्यै¹ devakyāḥ / devakyai¹
Genitive	देवक्याः / देवक्यै¹ devakyāḥ / devakyai¹
Locative	देवक्याम् devakyām
Notes	¹Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

Telugu: దేవకి (dēvaki)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “देवकी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0495, column 3.

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