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.
- beauty is only skin-deep
- beauty mark
- beauty pageant
- beauty parade
- beauty parlour
- beauty product
- beauty queen
- beauty salon
- beauty show
- beauty sleep
- beauty specialist
- beauty spot
- beauty therapist
- beauty therapy
- beauty treatment
- beauty wash
- beauty water
- beauté du diable
- Beauvoir, Simone de
- beaux
- beaux arts
- beaux yeux
- beaver
- beaverboard
- Beaverbrook, Max Aitken