دنيا

See also: دنیا

Arabic

Etymology

From the root د ن و (d-n-w) or د ن ي (d-n-y). Feminine elative of أَدْنَى (ʔadnā, “lower”). دُنيَا (“world”) is originally the "lower place" (as opposed to heaven, the "higher place"); compare English here below.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dun.jaː/

Adjective

دُنْيَا • (dunyā) f

1. feminine singular of أَدْنَى (ʔadnā, “lower”)

Noun

دُنْيَا • (dunyā) f (dual دُنْيَيَان (dunyayān), plural دُنًى (dunan) or دُنْيَيَات (dunyayāt))

1. world (the Earth, or any this-worldly habitat, excluding the next world)
2. this mortal life; life in this world

Declension

Declension of noun دُنْيَا (dunyā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُنْيَا dunyā	الدُّنْيَا ad-dunyā	دُنْيَا dunyā
Nominative	دُنْيَا dunyā	الدُّنْيَا ad-dunyā	دُنْيَا dunyā
Accusative	دُنْيَا dunyā	الدُّنْيَا ad-dunyā	دُنْيَا dunyā
Genitive	دُنْيَا dunyā	الدُّنْيَا ad-dunyā	دُنْيَا dunyā
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُنْيَيَيْن dunyayayn	الدُّنْيَيَيْن ad-dunyayayn	دُنْيَيَيْ dunyayay
Nominative	دُنْيَيَانِ dunyayāni	الدُّنْيَيَانِ ad-dunyayāni	دُنْيَيَا dunyayā
Accusative	دُنْيَيَيْنِ dunyayayni	الدُّنْيَيَيْنِ ad-dunyayayni	دُنْيَيَيْ dunyayay
Genitive	دُنْيَيَيْنِ dunyayayni	الدُّنْيَيَيْنِ ad-dunyayayni	دُنْيَيَيْ dunyayay
Plural	broken plural in ـًى (-an)‎; sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُنَى‎; دُنْيَيَات dunā‎; dunyayāt	الدُّنَى‎; الدُّنْيَيَات ad-dunā‎; ad-dunyayāt	دُنَى‎; دُنْيَيَات dunā‎; dunyayāt
Nominative	دُنًى‎; دُنْيَيَاتٌ dunan‎; dunyayātun	الدُّنَى‎; الدُّنْيَيَاتُ ad-dunā‎; ad-dunyayātu	دُنَى‎; دُنْيَيَاتُ dunā‎; dunyayātu
Accusative	دُنًى‎; دُنْيَيَاتٍ dunan‎; dunyayātin	الدُّنَى‎; الدُّنْيَيَاتِ ad-dunā‎; ad-dunyayāti	دُنَى‎; دُنْيَيَاتِ dunā‎; dunyayāti
Genitive	دُنًى‎; دُنْيَيَاتٍ dunan‎; dunyayātin	الدُّنَى‎; الدُّنْيَيَاتِ ad-dunā‎; ad-dunyayāti	دُنَى‎; دُنْيَيَاتِ dunā‎; dunyayāti

Antonyms

• آخِرة (ʔāḵira)

Derived terms

• دُنْيَوِيّ (dunyawiyy)

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: dünya
• Bashkir: донъя (donʺya)
• Bengali: দুনিয়া (duniẏa)
• Dhivehi: ދުނިޔެ (duniye)
• Dongxiang: duya, dunya
• Gujarati: દુનિયા (duniyā)
• Hausa: duniya
• Hindustani:
  • Fiji Hindi: dunia
  • Hindi: दुनिया (duniyā)
  • Urdu: دنیا (duniyā)
• Kabyle: ddunit
• Kazakh: дүние (dünie)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji:

  Sorani: دنیا (dinya)

  Laki: دنیا (dinya)

• Kyrgyz: дүйнө (düynö)

• Malayan (Old Malay):
  • Karo Batak: doni
  • Javanese: donya
  • Indonesian: dunia
  • Malay: dunia
  • Minangkabau: dunia
  • Sasak: dunie
  • Sundanese: dunya
• Maltese: dinja
• Marathi: दुनिया (duniyā)
• Nepali: दुनिया (duniyā)
• Nogai: дуныя (dunıya)
• Ottoman Turkish: دنیا (dünyâ), տիւնեա (dünya)
  • Turkish: dünya
  • → Crimean Tatar: dünya
  • → Abkhaz: адунеи (adunej)
  • → Albanian: dynja
  • → Armenian: դունյա (dunya)
  • → Bulgarian: дюня́ (djunjá), дуня́ (dunjá)
  • → Laz: დუნჲა (dunya)
  • → Macedonian: дуња (dunja)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ду̏ња

    Latin script: dȕnja

  • → Greek: ντουνιάς (ntouniás)
• Pashto: دنيا (dunyā)
• Persian: دنیا (donyâ)
  • Tajik: дунё (dunyo)
• Punjabi: ਦੁਨੀਆ (dunīā), دنیا (dunīā)
• Rajasthani: दुनियांण (duniyā̃ṇ)
• Somali: dunida
• Swahili: dunia
• Tashelhit: ddunit
• Tatar: дөнья (dön’ya)
• Turkmen: dünýä
• Uzbek: dunyo
• Uyghur: دۇنيا (dunya)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “دنو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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Gujarati

Etymology

From Persian دنیا (donyâ) from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā), or from Arabic directly.

Noun

دنيا • (duniyā) f (Standard Gujarati દુનિયા)

1. (Lisan ud-Dawat) world, universe