diya
/ˈdiːjə
/noun Indian
A small cup-shaped oil lamp made of baked clay: I was glad she used diyas instead of electrical lighting...
- I recall a drive outside Delhi, and we passed village after village lit up like a fairyland, with hundreds of clay diyas.
- Fireworks whizzed into the sky and diyas and sparkles brought light into many an eye.
- A little girl sold us mud diyas with little candles in them.
Origin
From Hindi dīyā.
- Asoka pillar
- as old as the hills
- as one door closes, another opens
- as one man
- a song and dance
- as opposed to
- as (or so) far as it goes
- as (or so) far as —— is concerned
- as (or so) long as
- as (or so) the saying goes (or is)
- as (or when or where) the fancy takes one
- asp
- a spanner (or monkey wrench) in the works
- asparagine
- asparagus
- asparagus beetle
- asparagus fern
- asparagus pea
- a spare prick at a wedding
- aspartame
- aspartate
- aspartic acid
- ASPCA
- aspect
- aspect ratio