durian

See also: Durian and durián

English

Durian fruits

Etymology

From Malay durian, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *duʀi (“thorn”). Doublet of iwi, from Māori.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʊə.ɹɪən/, /ˈdʒʊə.ɹɪən/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʊə.ɹi.ən/, /ˈdʊə.ɹiˌɑn/

Noun

durian (countable and uncountable, plural durians)

Any of several trees, genus Durio, of Southeast Asia.
The spiky edible fruit of this tree, known for its strong taste and very strong, unpleasant odor.
- 1692, Robert Boyle, General Heads for the Natural History of a Country Great or Small, London: John Taylor and S. Hedford, “Enquiries for Suratte, &c.,” p. 96,
  Whether the Betele hath such a contrariety to the Durion, that a few Leaves of that, put to a whole Shopful of Durions, will make them all rot suddenly; and whether those that have surfeited on Durions, and thereby over-heated themselves, do, by laying a Leaf or two of Betele upon their Breasts or Stomachs, immediately cure the Inflammations, and Recover.
- 1869 November, “The Land of the Malay: A Record of Travel in the Oriental Tropics”, in [Thomas] Mayne Reid, editor, Onward: A Magazine for the Young Manhood of America, New York, N.Y.: Onward Publishing Office, OCLC 8717398, page 494:
  The dessert I thoroughly enjoyed, for the various fruits of Singapore are delicious. One of them, the "durion," exhales a most noxious perfume, but is pleasant to the palate.
- 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 115:
  Old women crouched over bags of Siamese rice, skeps of red and green peppers, purple egg-plants, bristly rambutans, pineapples, durians.
(uncountable) A yellow colour, like that of durian flesh (also called durian yellow).
durian:

Alternative forms

darion, durean, durion (archaic)

Descendants

→ Arabic: دُرْيَان‎ (duryān)
→ Bengali: দুরিয়ান (durian), ডুরিয়ান (ḍurian)
→ Bikol Central: durian
→ Bulgarian: дуриан (durian)
→ Catalan: durian
→ Czech: durian
→ Danish: durian
→ Esperanto: durio
→ Finnish: durio
→ French: durian
→ Galician: durián
→ Georgian: დურიო (durio)
→ German: Durian
→ Hebrew: דוריאן‎ (duri'an)
→ Italian: durian
→ Japanese: ドリアン (dorian)
→ Komi-Permyak: дуриан (durʹian)
→ Komi-Zyrian: дуриан (durian)
→ Korean: 두리안 (durian)
→ Lak: дуриан (durian)
→ Latvian: duriāns
→ Lithuanian: durijus
→ Norwegian Bokmål: durian
→ Persian: دوریان‎ (duryân)
→ Polish: durian
→ Portuguese: durio, durião
→ Russian: дуриан (durian)
→ Rwanda-Rundi: duriyani
→ Spanish: durián
→ Swedish: durian
→ Thai: ทุเรียน (thurian)
→ Turkish: durian
→ Udmurt: дуриан (durian)
→ Ukrainian: дуріан (durian)
→ Western Mari: дуриан (durian)

Translations

tree

Bikol Central: durian
Chinese:
Cantonese: 榴槤, 榴梿 ((Hong Kong) lau⁴ lin⁴; (Malaysia) lau⁴ lin^4-2)
Mandarin: 榴連／榴连 (liúlián), 榴蓮／榴莲 (zh) (liúlián), 榴槤／榴梿 (zh) (liúlián)
Esperanto: duriujo, duriarbo
Finnish: durio (fi), duriopuu
Greek: δούριο (doúrio)
Jehai: dorɛn
Polish: durian (pl) m
Ukrainian: дуріа́н m (durián)

fruit

Acehnese: driën
Afrikaans: doerian
Arabic: دُرْيَان‎ m (duryān)
Banyumasan: durèn
Belarusian: дурыя́н m (duryján)
Bengali: দুরিয়ান (bn) (duriyan)
Bikol Central: durian
Brunei Malay: durian
Bukar-Sadung Bidayuh: dihan
Bulgarian: дуриа́н m (durián)
Burmese: ဒူးရင်းသီး (du:rang:si:)
Catalan: durian m
Cebuano: durian
Central Dusun: tupolo
Central Melanau: dian
Chinese:
Cantonese: 榴槤, 榴梿 ((Hong Kong) lau⁴ lin⁴; (Malaysia) lau⁴ lin^4-2)
Mandarin: 榴連／榴连 (liúlián), 榴蓮／榴莲 (zh) (liúlián), 榴槤／榴梿 (zh) (liúlián)
Czech: durian m
Danish: durian n
Dutch: doerian (nl) m
Esperanto: durio
Estonian: durian (et)
Finnish: durio (fi)
French: durian (fr) m
Galician: durián m
Georgian: დურიო (durio)
German: Durian f
Greek: δούριο m (doúrio)
Hebrew: דוריאן‎ m (durian)
Hindi: डुरियन (ḍuriyan)
Hungarian: durián (hu)
Icelandic: dáraaldin m
Indonesian: durian (id)
Italian: durian (it) m
Japanese: ドリアン (ja) (dorian)
Javanese: durèn (jv)
Kapampangan: durian
Khmer: ទុរេន (km) (tŭrén)
Komi-Permyak: дуриан (durʹian)
Komi-Zyrian: дуриан (durian)
Korean: 두리안 (ko) (durian)
Lak: дуриан (durian)
Lao: ທຸລຽນ (thu līan)
Latvian: duriāns m
Lithuanian: durijus m
Macedonian: ду́ријан m (dúrijan)
Malay:
Jawi: دوريان‎ (ms)
Rumi: durian (ms)
Marathi: ड्युरियन f (ḍyuriyan)
Mari:
Western Mari: дуриан (durian)
Nepali: डुरियन (ḍuriyan)
Norwegian: durian m
Persian: دوریان‎ (durian), خارگیل‎ (fa) (xargil)
Polish: durian (pl) m, zybuczkowiec m
Portuguese: durião m, durio m
Russian: дуриа́н (ru) m (durián)
Rwanda-Rundi: duriyani
Sebop: pak
Somali: canuuni
Spanish: durián m
Sundanese: kadu (su), duren
Swahili: duriani
Swedish: durian (sv) c
Tagal Murut: pokilahan, ratu
Tagalog: durian, duryan
Tamil: முள்நாறி (muḷnāṟi), துரியான் (turiyāṉ)
Thai: ทุเรียน (th) (tú-riian)
Turkish: durian
Udmurt: дуриан (durian)
Ukrainian: дуріа́н m (durián)
Uyghur: دۇريان‎ (duryan)
Vietnamese: sầu riêng (vi)
Waray-Waray: durian
Yiddish: דוריאַן‎ f (duryan)

Anagrams

uranid

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *duʀi (“thorn”).

Noun

durian

durian (fruit)

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From duri (“thorn”) +‎ -an, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /durian/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: du‧ri‧an

Noun

durian

durian (fruit)

Catalan

Etymology

From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /du.ɾiˈan/

Noun

durian m (plural durians)

durian

Cebuano

Noun

durian

nonstandard spelling of duryan

Czech

Etymology

From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

Noun

durian m

durian

Danish

Etymology

From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

Noun

durian n

durian

French

Etymology

From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /du.ʁjɑ̃/
Audio (file)

Noun

durian m (plural durians)

durian

Indonesian

Etymology

Reconstructed as duri (“thorn, spike”) +‎ -an, inherited from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /du.ˈri.an/
Rhymes: -an, -n
Hyphenation: du‧ri‧an

Noun

durian (plural durian-durian, first-person possessive durianku, second-person possessive durianmu, third-person possessive duriannya)

durian

Alternative forms

duren (colloquial)

Derived terms

durian belanda
durian kuning
durian pulu
durian tinggang

Italian

Etymology

From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

Noun

durian m

durian

Anagrams

Undari, diurna, indura, raduni

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

Noun

durian

durian

Malay

Etymology

duri +‎ -an, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /durian/
Rhymes: -ian, -jan, -an
Audio (MY) (file)

Noun

durian (Jawi spelling دورين‎ or دوريان‎, plural durian-durian, informal 1st possessive durianku, 2nd possessive durianmu, 3rd possessive duriannya)

durian (fruit)

Descendants

Indonesian: durian
→ Burmese: ဒူးရင်းသီး (du:rang:si:)
→ Cebuano: duryan
→ Chinese: 榴槤／榴梿 (liúlián)
→ Dutch: doerian
→ English: durian (see there for further descendants)
→ Kapampangan: durian
→ Lao: ທຸລຽນ (thu līan)
→ Swahili: duriani
→ Tamil: துரியான் (turiyāṉ)
→ Tagalog: durian, duryan
→ Thai: ทุเรียน (tú-riian)
→ Vietnamese: sầu riêng

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

Noun

durian m

durian (fruit)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdu.rjan/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -urjan
Syllabification: du‧rian

Noun

durian m inan

durian
Synonym: zybuczkowiec

Declension of durian

	singular	plural
nominative	durian	duriany
genitive	duriana	durianów
dative	durianowi	durianom
accusative	duriana	duriany
instrumental	durianem	durianami
locative	durianie	durianach
vocative	durianie	duriany

Swedish

Etymology

From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

Noun

durian c

durian

Declension

Declension of durian
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	durian	durianen	durianer	durianerna
Genitive	durians	durianens	durianers	durianernas

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: dur‧ian

IPA^(key): /duɾˈjan/, [dʊɾˈjan]

Noun

durián

alternative spelling of duryan

Turkish

Etymology

From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

Noun

durian

durian

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay durian.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d̪u.ˈri.an̪/

Noun

durian

durian fruit
the durian tree

References

Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

durian

English

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Bikol Central

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Brunei Malay

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Catalan

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Cebuano

Noun

Czech

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Danish

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French

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Indonesian

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Italian

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Kapampangan

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Malay

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Polish

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Swedish

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Tagalog

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Turkish

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West Makian

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