dünyəvi

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic دُنْيَوِيّ (dunyawiyy). By surface analysis, dünya (“world”) +‎ -vi.

The shift from the sense mundane to secular is probably resulting from a semantic loan from Russian светский (svetskij).

Cognate with Uzbek dunyoviy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dynjæːˈvi]

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• Hyphenation: dün‧yə‧vi

Adjective

dünyəvi

1. (rare) mundane, wordly, earthly
2. secular

   dünyəvi dövlət ― secular state

Derived terms

• dünyəvilik