Maltese

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Etymology

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Possibly inherited from Arabic دُنْيَوِيّ (dunyawiyy), which in Maltese would have been bound to undergo either contraction or stress shift. Otherwise independantly derived from dinja +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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dinji (feminine singular dinjija, plural dinjin)

  1. world, worldwide, global
    Synonym: globali

Derived terms

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