diyan.
/ˈdiːjə/, U.S. /ˈdijə/ Indian English.
A small cup-shaped oil lamp, typically made of baked clay, often used on religious occasions, such as the Diwali festival.
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lampion1848
rag-lamp1889
bitch1898
chirag1899
Phoebe lamp1935
diya1964
Toc H lamp1977
1964 Census of India 1961 XIX. vii. No. 2. iii. 14/2 Rising price of mustard oil (the fuel used for lighting the Diyas) had led to their wholesale substitution by candle sticks.
1997 India Today 24 Nov. 91/2 A group of village women made little sculpted mounds of earth near the pond for their puja and placed diyas on the water.
2004 A. Reejhsinghani Essent. Sindhi Cookbk. 19 It is the festival of lights and no matter how poor one may be a diya is lit in every home.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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