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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