Meanings
plural Diwalis · alternative Dewali · alternative Divali
- HinduismAn annual festival of light, observed during several days in October and November.
Around one billion people worldwide and across the U.S. will celebrate Diwali this week.
2024 October 30, Chandelis Duster, “Millions of people celebrate Diwali this week. Here is what you should know”, in NPR1 more example
While Diwali is a major religious festival for Hindus, it is also observed by Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists.
2025 October 7, Deepa Bharath, “California makes Diwali an official statewide holiday”, in KCRASynonyms: Festival of Lights, Deepavali, Deepawali, Kali Puja
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounAn annual festival of light, observed during several days in October and November.
Origin
Translations
Arabic دِيوَالِي
- دِيوَالِي (dīwālī)Hindu festival of lights
Bengali দীপাবলি, দেওয়ালি
- দীপাবলি (dipaboli)Hindu festival of lights
- দেওয়ালি (deōẇali)Hindu festival of lights
Bulgarian Дива́ли
- Дива́ли (Diváli)Hindu festival of lights
Chinese Mandarin 屠妖節 /屠妖节, 排燈節 /排灯节
- 屠妖節 /屠妖节 (Túyāojié)Hindu festival of lights
- 排燈節 /排灯节 (Páidēngjié)Hindu festival of lights
Danish Divali
- DivaliHindu festival of lights
Dutch Divali, Diwali
- DivaliHindu festival of lights
- DiwaliHindu festival of lights
Finnish diwali, divali
- diwaliHindu festival of lights
- divaliHindu festival of lights
- deepavaliHindu festival of lights
German Diwali
- DiwaliHindu festival of lights
Hindi दिवाली, दीवाली
- दिवाली (divālī)Hindu festival of lights
- दीवाली (dīvālī)Hindu festival of lights
- देवाली (devālī)Hindu festival of lights
- दीपावली (dīpāvlī)Hindu festival of lights
- दीपावलि (dīpāvli)Hindu festival of lights
- दीपाली (dīpālī)Hindu festival of lights
- दीपोत्सव (dīpotsav)Hindu festival of lights
- दीपमालिका (dīpmālikā)Hindu festival of lights
- दीपमाली (dīpmālī)Hindu festival of lights
- सुखरात्रि (sukhrātri)Hindu festival of lights
Indonesian Deepavali, Dipawali
- DeepavaliHindu festival of lights
- DipawaliHindu festival of lights
Irish Díbheálaí
- DíbheálaíHindu festival of lights
Japanese ディーワーリー
- ディーワーリー (Dīwārī)Hindu festival of lights
Malay Deepavali
- DeepavaliHindu festival of lights
Persian دوالی, دیوالی
- دوالی (devâli)Hindu festival of lights
- دیوالی (divâli)Hindu festival of lights
- دیپاولی (dipâvali)Hindu festival of lights
Portuguese Diwali, Divali
- DiwaliHindu festival of lights
- DivaliHindu festival of lights
Punjabi ਦਿਵਾਲੀ, ਦੀਵਾਲੀ
- ਦਿਵਾਲੀ (divālī)Hindu festival of lights
- ਦੀਵਾਲੀ (dīvālī)Hindu festival of lights
- ਦੀਪਾਵਲੀ (dīpāvalī)Hindu festival of lights
- دوالی (divālī)Hindu festival of lights
- دیپاولی (dīpāvalī)Hindu festival of lights
Russian Дива́ли, Дипа́вали
- Дива́ли (Diváli)Hindu festival of lights
- Дипа́вали (Dipávali)Hindu festival of lights
Spanish Diwali, Divali
- DiwaliHindu festival of lights
- DivaliHindu festival of lights
- festival de las lucesHindu festival of lights
Tamil தீபாவளி
- தீபாவளி (tīpāvaḷi)Hindu festival of lights
Turkish Divali
- DivaliHindu festival of lights
Ukrainian Діва́лі, Діпа́валі
- Діва́лі (Diváli)Hindu festival of lights
- Діпа́валі (Dipávali)Hindu festival of lights
Urdu دوالی, دیپاولی
- دوالی (divālī)Hindu festival of lights
- دیپاولی (dīpāvalī)Hindu festival of lights
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Diwali
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Diwali. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Diwali
“Diwali.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Diwali. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Diwali,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Diwali.
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