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shiva

UK/ˈʃiːvə/ US/ˈʃɪvə/ fairly common

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1.

(Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative

  • “the family is sitting shiva”
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2.

the Destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon

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From Hebrew שִׁבְעָה (shiv'á, “seven”), referring to the number of days that shiva spans.

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