dahlia

dahlia

See also: Dahlia

English

Wikispecies

A dahlia flower

Etymology

Named 1791 after Anders Dahl, by Spanish botanist Antonio José Cavanilles.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːlɪə/, /ˈdeɪlɪə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːliə, -eɪliə

Noun

dahlia (plural dahlias)

1. Any plant of the genus Dahlia, tuberous perennial flowering plants native to Mexico.

Translations

any plant of the genus Dahlia

Arabic: دَالِيَّا‎ m (dāliyyā) Armenian: գեորգենի (hy) (georgeni), գեորգին (georgin) Bengali: ডালিয়া (bn) (ḍaliya) Bulgarian: далия (bg) f (dalija), гергина f (gergina) Burmese: ဒေလီယာ (my) (deliya) Catalan: dàlia f Chinese: Mandarin: 大麗花／大丽花 (zh) (dàlìhuā), 大理花 (zh) (dàlǐhuā), 天竺牡丹 (zh) (tiānzhú mǔdān) Czech: jiřina (cs) f Danish: georgine c, dahlia c Dutch: dahlia (nl) f Esperanto: dalio Estonian: daalia (et) Faroese: georgina f Finnish: daalia (fi) French: dahlia (fr) m Friulian: dalie f Georgian: გეორგინა (georgina) German: Dahlie (de) f Greek: ντάλια (el) f (dália) Hawaiian: waiohinu Hungarian: dália (hu) Icelandic: dalía f, glitfífill m Ido: dalio (io), dahlia (io) Indonesian: dahlia (id) Irish: dáilia f Italian: dalia (it) f Japanese: ダリア (daria), 天竺牡丹 (てんじくぼたん, tenjikubotan) Kazakh: нарғызгүл (narğyzgül) Lithuanian: jurginas m Macedonian: георгина f (georgina) Maori: teiria Norwegian: Bokmål: georgine, dahlia Nynorsk: georgine, dahlia Occitan: please add this translation if you can Ottoman Turkish: یلدز چیچكی‎ (yıldız çiçeği) Polish: dalia (pl), georginia (pl) f Portuguese: dália (pt) f Romagnol: please add this translation if you can Romanian: dalie (ro) f, gherghină (ro) f Russian: георги́н (ru) m (georgín) Samogitian: jorgėns m Slovak: georgína f Slovene: dalija (sl) f Spanish: dalia (es) f Swedish: dahlia (sv) c Tagalog: dalya Tajik: гули кавкаб (guli kavkab), кавкаб (kavkab) Thai: รักเร่ (th) (rák-rêe) Urdu: ڈہلیا‎ (ḍahliyā) Vietnamese: thược dược (vi) Volapük: daliad (vo)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “dahlia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Dahlia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.liˌaː/

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• Hyphenation: dah‧lia

Noun

dahlia f (plural dahlia's, diminutive dahliaatje n)

1. dahlia, plant of the genus Dahlia

Derived terms

• dahliaknol
• zeedahlia

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French

un dahlia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.lja/

Noun

dahlia m (plural dahlias)

1. dahlia, plant of the genus Dahlia

Further reading

• “dahlia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdahlia̯]
• Hyphenation: dah‧lia
• Rhymes: -lia̯, -ia̯, -a

Noun

dahlia (plural dahlia-dahlia, first-person possessive dahliaku, second-person possessive dahliamu, third-person possessive dahlianya)

1. dahlia

Further reading

• “dahlia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.