ದೆವ್ವ

ಅಲರ್ ನಿಘಂಟು (ವಿ. ಕೃಷ್ಣ)

1. 1.
   noun

   a god; a deity.

2. 2.
   noun

   a happening an event (or not happening of it) that affects a person favourably.

3. 3.
   noun

   any of the supposed supernatural being, esp. the soul of a person who has died, that haunts or possesses a living person; a ghost; an evil spirit.

4. 4.
   noun

   ದೆವ್ವ ಬಡಿ devva baḍi (an evil spirit) to possess and render a person deprived of his or her natural functions and judgement; ದೆವ್ವ ಹಿಡಿ devva baḍi = ದೆವ್ವ ಬಡಿ.

ವ್ಯುತ್ಪತ್ತಿ ನಿಘಂಟು (Učida & Rajapurohit)

1. 1.
   n.

   (myth) demon, evil spirit ♢ vi. —ಹಿಡಿ to be possessed by evil spirits

ಕಿಟ್ಟೆಲ್ ನಿಘಂಟು

1. 1.

   = ತೈಯ, ದೆವ್ವು, ದೈಯ Tbh. of ದೈವ a demon, an evil spirit (My.; Mhr. ದೇವ a demon; Te. ದಯ್ಯ, ದೇಯ). ದೆವ್ವಚೇಷ್ಟೆ the grimaces of one who is possessed (My.). ದೆವ್ವತಿಣ್ಡಿ a glutton (My.). ದೆವ್ವದುಮ್ಬೆ a herb with scarlet flowers, Leonotis nenetaefolia Br. (Z.; My.). ದೆವ್ವ ಬಡಿ a demon to strike (or to possess) a person so that he is not likely to survive; a demon to kill (My.). ದೆವ್ವ ಬಿಡಿಸು to dispossess by mantras, to exorcise (My.). ದೆವ್ವಸೋಕು the touch of an evil spirit (My.). ದೆವ್ವಹಿಡಿ a demon to possess a person (but first not to kill him, My.). ದೆವ್ವ ಹಿಡಿದವಗೆ ದೈವದ ಯೋಚನೆ ಏನು (Prv.).

ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಪರಿಷತ್ತು ನಿಘಂಟು

1. 1.

   ಕಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಕಾಣದಿದ್ದರೂ ಮನುಷ್ಯರಿಗೆ ಕೆಡುಕು ಮಾಡುತ್ತವೆ ಎಂದು ನಂಬಲಾದ ಭೂತ, ಪ್ರೇತ, ಪಿಶಾಚಿ ಮುಂತಾದ ದುಷ್ಟಶಕ್ತಿ,- ಕ್ಷುದ್ರಶಕ್ತಿ.