دنیا و مافیها

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا (ad-dunyā wamā fīhā, literally “the world and what's in it.”).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [d̪oɲ.jɒ́ː væ mɒː.fiː.ɦɒ́ː]

Noun

دنیا و مافیها • (donyâ va mâfihâ)

1. (poetic) the world and everything in it; all of material existence
   • c. 1911, Mohammad Hossein Âğuli Torki-ye Shirâzi, دیوان ترکی شیرازی‎^[1]:

     بنازم دست ساقی را که تا می ریخت در جامم
     من از جا می فکندم از نظر دنیا و مافیها

     benâzam dast-e sâqi râ ke tâ mey rixt dar jâm-am
     man az jâ mi-fekandam az nazar donyâ va mâfihâ

     I caress the hand of the cupbearer, for as long as he poured wine in my goblet,
     I could hurl out of sight the world and all that's in it.