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shiva

Shiva is the seven days of mourning just after the funeral of a close relative in Judaism.

(noun)

An example of a shiva is the week a Jewish man spends mourning with his family after his mother dies.

See shiva in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Judaism the formal mourning period of seven days, observed as in the home of the deceased, during which friends visit and comfort the bereaved: often in the phrase , to observe the period of shiva

also sp. shivah

Origin: < Heb shiva, seven

noun

Siva

See shiva in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also shiv·ah or shib·ah

noun
Judaism

A seven-day period of formal mourning observed after the funeral of a close relative.

Origin:

Origin: Yiddish shive

Origin: , from Hebrew šib‘â, seven; see šbע in Semitic roots

noun
Hinduism

One of the principal Hindu deities, worshiped as the destroyer and restorer of worlds and in numerous other forms. Shiva is often conceived as a member of the triad also including Brahma and Vishnu.

Origin:

Origin: Sanskrit śivaḥ

Origin: , from śiva-, auspicious, dear; see kei-¹ in Indo-European roots

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