English noun: shiva | |||
1. | shiva (time) (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative | ||
Samples | The family is sitting shiva. | ||
Synonyms | shibah, shivah | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hebdomad, week | ||
Domain category | Judaism | ||
2. | Shiva (person) the destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon | ||
Synonyms | Siva | ||
Instance hypernym | Hindu deity | ||
Instance hyponym | Bairava | ||
Member meronym | Trimurti | ||