Durga

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit दुर्गा (durgā).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʊə.ɡə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʊɹ.ɡə/, /ˈdʊəɹ.ɡə/

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• Hyphenation: Dur‧ga

Proper noun

Durga

1. A powerful Indian female deity.
   • 2025, Santanu Bhattacharya, Deviants, Fig Tree, page 21:

     ‘He was running riot in the heavens, none of the male gods could kill him; so they joined forces and created Durga, bestowed all their powers on her. That’s why she has ten arms, a weapon in each gifted by a different god.’

2. A female given name from Sanskrit, common in India. Another name of Parvati.

Derived terms

• Durga Puja

Translations

female deity

Assamese: দুৰ্গা (durga) Awadhi: दुर्गा (durgā) Bengali: দুর্গা (bn) (durga) Bhojpuri: दुर्गा (durgā) Czech: Durga f Esperanto: Durgo French: Dourga f Gujarati: દુર્ગા (durgā) Hindi: दुर्गा (hi) f (durgā) Kannada: ದುರ್ಗೆ (kn) (durge) Konkani: दुर्गा (durgā) Korean: 두르가 (Dureuga) Maithili: दुर्गा (durgā) Malayalam: ദുർഗ്ഗ (ml) (duṟgga) Manipuri: ꯗꯨꯔꯒꯥ (duragā) Marathi: दुर्गा (durgā) Nepali: दुर्गा (durgā) Oriya: ଦୁର୍ଗା (or) (durgā) Punjabi: ਦੁਰਗਾ (durgā) Russian: Ду́рга (ru) f (Dúrga) Sanskrit: दुर्गा (sa) f (durgā) Santali: ᱫᱩᱨᱜᱟᱹ (durgă) Sinhalese: දුර්ගා (durgā) Tamil: துர்க்கை (ta) (turkkai) Telugu: దుర్గ (te) (durga) Tulu: ದುರ್ಗೆ (durge) Ukrainian: Ду́рга (uk) f (Dúrha) Urdu: درگا (durgā)

See also

• Durga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Dagur, Darug, Dugar, Guard, draug, durag, guard

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdurɡa]

Proper noun

Durga f

1. (Hinduism) Durga (Hindu goddess)

Declension

Declension of Durga (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Durga
genitive	Durgy
dative	Durze
accusative	Durgu
vocative	Durgo
locative	Durze
instrumental	Durgou