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دنيا
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See also: دنیا
Arabic
Etymology
Feminine elative of أَدْنَى (ʔadnā, “lower”). دُنيَا (“world”) is originally the "lower place" (as opposed to heaven, the "higher place"); compare English here below.
Pronunciation
Noun
دُنْيَا • (dunyā) f (dual دُنْيَيَان (dunyayān), plural دُنًا (dunan) or دُنًى (dunan) or دُنْيَيَات (dunyayāt))
- this mortal life; life in this world
- Antonym: آخِرة (ʔāḵira, “afterworld”)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:145:
- وَمَن يُرِدْ ثَوَابَ ٱلدُّنْيَا نُؤْتِهِ مِنْهَا وَمَن يُرِدْ ثَوَابَ ٱلْآخِرَةِ نُؤْتِهِ مِنْهَا ۚ وَسَنَجْزِي ٱلشَّاكِرِينَ
- waman yurid ṯawāba d-dunyā nuʔtihi minhā waman yurid ṯawāba l-ʔāḵirati nuʔtihi minhā wasanajzī š-šākirīna
- And whoever desires the reward of this world - We will give him thereof; and whoever desires the reward of the Hereafter - We will give him thereof. And We will reward the grateful.
- world
Declension
Derived terms
- دُنْيَوِيّ (dunyawiyy)
Descendants
- Egyptian Arabic: دنيا (dunya, dinya)
- Gulf Arabic: دنيا (dinya)
- Hijazi Arabic: دُنيا (dunya)
- Maltese: dinja
- Moroccan Arabic: دنيا (dunya, dinya)
- North Levantine Arabic: دني (dini), دنية (dinye), دنيي (dinye), دنيا (dinya)
- → Classical Persian: دٌنْیَا (see there for further descendants)
- → Daba: dúnyà
- → Karo Batak: doni
- → Hausa: dūniyā̀
- → Indonesian: dunia
- → Javanese: ꦢꦺꦴꦚ (donya)
- → Kabyle: ddunit
- → Laki: دنیا (dinya)
- → Malay: dunia
- → Minangkabau: dunia
- → Northern Kurdish: dinya
- → Sasak: dunie
- → Somali: dunida
- → Sundanese: dunya
- → Swahili: dunia
- → Tashelhit: ddunit
- → Yoruba: dúníyàn
From الدُّنْيَا (ad-dunyā):
Adjective
دُنْيَا • (dunyā) f
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “دنو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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Bulgar
Etymology
Noun
دِنيا (dinyā)
- (Volga Bulgar) world
Descendants
- Chuvash: тӗнче (tĕnč̬e)
References
- Hakimzjanov, Farid Sabirzjanovich (1986), “New Volga Bulgarian Inscriptions”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae (in Bulgar), volume 40, number 1, page 174
- Tekin, Talât (1988), Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, pages 68-69
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Egyptian Arabic
Alternative forms
- دنية, دنيه (alternative spellings)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
دُنيا or دِنيا • (dunya or dinya) f
- world
- (definite, religion) the mortal world (as opposed to the afterlife)
- (definite) impersonal pronoun, describing weather and general time
- Coordinate term: ساعة (sāʕa, “clock; hour”) (for specific clock times)
- الدنيا بتشتي ― id-dunya bitišti ― It's raining
- الدنيا بتليل ― id-dunya bitlayyil ― Night is falling (literally, “it's becoming night”)
Usage notes
Construct form can either be dunya or dunyit.
Proper noun
دنيا • (dunya)
- a female given name, Donya, Donia, or Dunya
Gujarati
Noun
دنيا • (dunyā) f
- Lisan ud-Dawat form of દુનિયા (duniyā)
Maguindanao
Noun
دنيا (transliteration needed)
Malay
Noun
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
دُنيا or دِنيا • (dunya or dinya) f (plural دُنيات (dunyāt) or دِنيات (dinyāt))
- world, earth
- Synonym: عالم (ʕālam)
- هاد الراجل هو أسرع واحد فهاد الدنيا
- hād er-rājel huwwa ʔasraʕ wāḥed f-hād ed-dunya
- This man is the fastest in the world.
- it; things; everything; used to refer to general states and circumstances
- الدنيا مغيمة غدا ― ed-dunya mḡayyma ḡadda ― It'll be cloudy tomorrow.
- الدنيا عامرة اليوم فهاد المحال ― ed-dunya ʕāmra f-hād el-maḥāl ― This store is crowded today.
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North Levantine Arabic
Pronunciation
Noun
دنيا • (dinya) f
- alternative form of دني (dini)
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā). Equivalent to the feminine elative of أدنى (ʔadna, “lower, lowest”).
Pronunciation
Noun
دنيا • (dinya) f
- world
- Synonym: عالم (ʕālam)
- this world (opposed to the hereafter)
- Antonym: آخرة (ʔāḵre)
- it (dummy subject for the weather and seasons)
Usage notes
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