dünyəvi

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Azerbaijani[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): [dynjæːˈvi]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: dün‧yə‧vi

Adjective[edit]

dünyəvi

  1. (rare) mundane, wordly, earthly
  2. secular
    dünyəvi dövlətsecular state

Derived terms[edit]