| NOUN | time | shiva, shivah, shibah | (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning / mourning after the death of close relative |
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| person | Shiva, Siva | the destroyer |
| Sounds | shiy'vah | |
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| Rhymes | Casanova ... yeshiva: 31 rhymes with vah... | |
| Meaning | (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning / mourning after the death of close relative. | |
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| Example | "the family is sitting shiva" | |
| Synonyms | shivah, shibah | |
| Category | Judaism | The monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud |
| Broader | week, hebdomad | Any period of seven consecutive days |
| Meaning | The destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon. | |
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| Synonym | Siva | |
| Instances | Bairava | epithet of Siva |
| Instance of | Hindu deity | A deity worshipped by the Hindus |
| Member of | Trimurti | The triad of divinities of later Hinduism |
| Spanish | Shiva, Siva | |
| Catalan | Shiva, Siva | |
| Nouns | Shivaist | worshipper of Shiva |
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