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 | ||