দুনিয়া

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دنیا (dunyā), from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā). Cognate with Assamese দুনিয়া (dunia), Odia ଦୁନିଆ (duniā), Bhojpuri दुनिया (duniyā), Hindi दुनिया (duniyā), Urdu دنیا (dnyā) Gujarati દુનિયા (duniyā), Marwari दुनियांण (duniyā̃ṇ), Nepali दुनिया (duniyā), Marathi दुनिया (duniyā), Punjabi ਦੁਨੀਆ (dunīā), Sindhi دُنْيَا (dunyā), Sinhalese දුනියා (duniyā), Dhivehi ދުނިޔެ (duniye).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /d̪uni̯a/, [ˈd̪uni̯aˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /d̪uni̯a/, [ˈd̪uni̯aˑ]

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Noun

দুনিয়া • (duniẏa)

1. world (especially the mortal world)

   Synonyms: ইহকাল (ihokal), বিশ্ব (biśśo), জগৎ (jogoto), জাহান (jahan), কায়েনাত (kaẏenat), আলম (alom)

   Antonyms: আখেরাত (akherat), পরকাল (porkal)