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 (ʾadnā, “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 (ʾadnā, “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
3. kingdom

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 (ʾāḵira)

Derived terms

• دُنْيَوِيّ‎ (dunyawiyy)

Descendants

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

  Kurmanji: dinya

  Sorani: دنیا‎ (dinya)

  Laki: دنیا‎ (dinya)

• Kyrgyz: дүйнө (düynö)
• Macedonian: дуња (dunja)

• 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)
• Pashto: دنيا‎ (dunyā)
• Persian: دنیا‎ (donyâ)
  • Tajik: дунё (dunyo)
• Punjabi: ਦੁਨੀਆ (dunīā), دنیا‎ (dunīā)
• Rajasthani: दुनियांण (duniyā̃ṇ)
• Serbo-Croatian: дуња / dunja
• Somali: dunida
• Swahili: dunia
• Tashelhit: ddunit
• Turkish: dünya
• 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. (LDA) world, universe