Dubai

See also: Dubaï and Dubái

English

Alternative forms

• Dubayy (stricter transliteration)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دُبَيّ (dubayy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duːˈbaɪ/, /dʊˈbaɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Hyphenation: Du‧bai

Proper noun

Dubai

2. A city in the United Arab Emirates; the capital of Dubai emirate.
   • 2024 April 25, Angela Dewan, “Scientists find the fingerprints of climate change on Dubai’s deadly floods”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 June 2024:

     Three Philippine women working in Dubai died in their car, trapped by waters gushing down the street.

4. An emirate of the United Arab Emirates.

   Holonym: United Arab Emirates

   Coordinate terms: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, Umm al-Quwain

Derived terms

• Dubaier, Dubaian, Dubaite
• Dubaization, Dubaification
• Dubai chocolate
• Dubai porta-potty

Translations

city

• Arabic: دُبَيّ (ar) f (dubayy)
• Armenian: Դուբայ (hy) (Dubay), Տուպայ (Tupay) (Western Armenian)
• Belarusian: Дуба́й m (Dubáj)
• Bengali: দুবাই (bn) (dubai)
• Bulgarian: Дуба́й (bg) m (Dubáj)
• Burmese: ဒူဘိုင်း (dubhuing:)
• Catalan: Dubai m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 杜拜 (dou⁶ baai³), 迪拜 (dik⁶ baai³)

  Mandarin: 迪拜 (zh) (Díbài), (Taiwan) 杜拜 (zh) (Dùbài)

• Czech: Dubaj (cs) m
• Esperanto: Dubajo
• Finnish: Dubai (fi)
• French: Dubaï (fr) m
• Georgian: დუბაი (dubai)
• Greek: Ντουμπάι (el) (Ntoumpái)
• Gujarati: દુબઈ n (dubaī)
• Hebrew: דובאי
• Hindi: दुबई (dubaī)
• Icelandic: Dúbæ
• Japanese: ドバイ (ja) (Dobai)
• Kannada: ದುಬೈ (dubai)
• Khmer: ឌូបៃ (duu bay)
• Korean: 두바이 (ko) (Dubai)
• Macedonian: Дуба́и m (Dubái)
• Malayalam: ദുബായ് (dubāyŭ)
• Marathi: दुबई n (dubaī)
• Pannonian Rusyn: Дубаи m (Dubai)
• Persian: دبی (fa) (dobey)
• Polish: Dubaj (pl) m
• Portuguese: Dubai m
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਦੁਬਈ (dubaī)

  Shahmukhi: دُبَئی (duba'ī)

• Russian: Дуба́й (ru) m (Dubáj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Дубаи m

  Latin: Dubai m

• Slovak: Dubaj (sk) m
• Slovene: Dubaj m
• Spanish: Dubái (es) m
• Tajik: Дубай (Dubay)
• Tamil: துபாய் (tupāy)
• Tatar: Дөбәй (Döbäy)
• Telugu: దుబాయ్ (dubāy), దుబాయి (dubāyi)
• Thai: ดูไบ (th) (duu-bai)
• Turkish: Dübey (tr), (English) Dubai
• Ukrainian: Дуба́й (uk) m (Dubáj)
• Urdu: دبئی m (Dubaī)
• Uyghur: دۇبەي (dubey)
• Uzbek: Dubay

emirate

• Arabic: إِمَارَة دُبَيّ f (ʔimārat dubayy)
• Armenian: Դուբայի Էմիրություն (Dubayi Ēmirutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: Дуба́й (bg) m (Dubáj)
• Catalan: Dubai
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 迪拜 (zh) (Díbài), (Taiwan) 杜拜 (zh) (Dùbài)

• Esperanto: Dubajo
• Finnish: Dubai (fi)
• French: Dubaï (fr) m
• Greek: Ντουμπάι (el) (Ntoumpái)
• Hindi: दुबई (dubaī)
• Hungarian: Dubaj (hu)
• Japanese: ドバイ (ja) (Dobai)
• Korean: 두바이 (ko) (Dubai)
• Marathi: दुबई n (dubaī)
• Pannonian Rusyn: Дубаи m (Dubai)
• Persian: امارت دبی (emârat-e dobey)
• Polish: Dubaj (pl) m
• Portuguese: Dubai m
• Russian: Дуба́й (ru) m (Dubáj)
• Spanish: Dubái (es) m
• Tajik: Иморати Дубай (Imorat-i Dubay)
• Tamil: துபாய் (tupāy)
• Tatar: Дөбәй Әмирлеге (Döbäy Ämirlege)
• Turkish: Dübey Emirliği
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Urdu: امارت دبئی m
• Uzbek: Dubay amirligi
• Vietnamese: Dubai
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Badiu, Baidu, Budai, Bádiu, Ubaid

Finnish

Etymology

From Arabic دُبَيّ (dubayy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdubɑi̯/, [ˈdubɑ̝i̯]
• Rhymes: -ubɑi
• Syllabification^(key): Du‧bai
• Hyphenation^(key): Du‧bai

Proper noun

Dubai

1. Dubai (a city in the United Arab Emirates; the capital of Dubai emirate)
2. Dubai (an emirate of the United Arab Emirates)

Declension

Inflection of Dubai (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Dubai	—
genitive		Dubain	—
partitive		Dubaia	—
illative		Dubaihin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Dubai	—
accusative	nom.	Dubai	—
	gen.	Dubain
genitive		Dubain	—
partitive		Dubaia	—
inessive		Dubaissa	—
elative		Dubaista	—
illative		Dubaihin	—
adessive		Dubailla	—
ablative		Dubailta	—
allative		Dubaille	—
essive		Dubaina	—
translative		Dubaiksi	—
abessive		Dubaitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Dubai (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Dubaini — accusative nom. Dubaini — gen. Dubaini genitive Dubaini — partitive Dubaiani — inessive Dubaissani — elative Dubaistani — illative Dubaihini — adessive Dubaillani — ablative Dubailtani — allative Dubailleni — essive Dubainani — translative Dubaikseni — abessive Dubaittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Dubaisi — accusative nom. Dubaisi — gen. Dubaisi genitive Dubaisi — partitive Dubaiasi — inessive Dubaissasi — elative Dubaistasi — illative Dubaihisi — adessive Dubaillasi — ablative Dubailtasi — allative Dubaillesi — essive Dubainasi — translative Dubaiksesi — abessive Dubaittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Dubaimme — accusative nom. Dubaimme — gen. Dubaimme genitive Dubaimme — partitive Dubaiamme — inessive Dubaissamme — elative Dubaistamme — illative Dubaihimme — adessive Dubaillamme — ablative Dubailtamme — allative Dubaillemme — essive Dubainamme — translative Dubaiksemme — abessive Dubaittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Dubainne — accusative nom. Dubainne — gen. Dubainne genitive Dubainne — partitive Dubaianne — inessive Dubaissanne — elative Dubaistanne — illative Dubaihinne — adessive Dubaillanne — ablative Dubailtanne — allative Dubaillenne — essive Dubainanne — translative Dubaiksenne — abessive Dubaittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Dubainsa — accusative nom. Dubainsa — gen. Dubainsa genitive Dubainsa — partitive Dubaiaan Dubaiansa — inessive Dubaissaan Dubaissansa — elative Dubaistaan Dubaistansa — illative Dubaihinsa — adessive Dubaillaan Dubaillansa — ablative Dubailtaan Dubailtansa — allative Dubailleen Dubaillensa — essive Dubainaan Dubainansa — translative Dubaikseen Dubaiksensa — abessive Dubaittaan Dubaittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Anagrams

• baudi

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduːbaɪ̯/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Du‧bai

Proper noun

Dubai n (proper noun, genitive Dubais or (optionally with an article) Dubai)

1. Dubai (a city in the United Arab Emirates; the capital of Dubai emirate)
2. Dubai (an emirate of the United Arab Emirates)

Derived terms

• Dubai-Schokolade
• Dubaier

Further reading

• “Dubai” in Duden online
• “Dubai” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دُبَيّ (dubayy).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /duˈbaj/ [duˈbaɪ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /duˈbaj/ [duˈβaj]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /duˈbaj/ [duˈβaj]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /duˈbaj/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: Du‧bai

Proper noun

Dubai m

1. Dubai (a city in the United Arab Emirates; the capital of Dubai emirate)
2. Dubai (an emirate of the United Arab Emirates)

Turkish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Dubai, from Arabic دُبَيّ (dubayy).

Proper noun

Dubai

1. Dubai (a city in the United Arab Emirates; the capital of Dubai emirate)
2. Dubai (an emirate of the United Arab Emirates)

   Synonym: Dubai Emirliği