دنیا

دنیا

See also: دنيا‎

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic دُنْيَا‎ (dunyā).

Noun

دنیا (dinya)

1. world

   Synonym: جیھان‎ (cîhan)

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Laki

Etymology

From Arabic دُنْيَا‎ (dunyā).

Noun

دنیا (dinya)

1. world

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic دُنْيَا‎ (dunyā).

Noun

دنیا • (dünya)

1. world
2. kingdom

Descendants

• Turkish: dünya
• → Abkhaz: адунеи (adunej)
• → Albanian: dynja
• → Armenian: դունյա (dunya)
• → Bulgarian: дюня́ (djunjá), дуня́ (dunjá)
• → Laz: დუნჲა (dunya)
• → Macedonian: дуња (dunja)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ду̏ња

  Latin: dȕnja

• → Greek: ντουνιάς (douniás)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “dünya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic دُنْيَا‎ (dunyā).

Pronunciation

Dari	دنیا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дунё (dunyo)

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /dunjɑː/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /dʊnjɒː/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /donjɒː/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /dunjɔː/

Noun

دنیا • (donyâ)

1. world

Derived terms

• دنیوی‎ (donyavi)

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Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دُنْيَا‎ (dunyā). First attested as Old Punjabi دُنی‎ (dunī).

Noun

دُنیا • (dunīā) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਦੁਨੀਆ)

1. world
   • Guru Granth Sahib, Kabir, translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, ang 717:

     ‏ایہہ جو دنیا سحر میلہ دستگیری ناہے‎

     eh jo dunīā sahar melā dastgīrī nāhe

     This world is just a magic-show; no one will be holding your hand.

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دُنْيَا‎ (dunyā).

Noun

دنیا • (duniyā) f (Hindi spelling दुनिया)

1. world
2. kingdom