dunia
Fiji Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Awadhi दुनिया (duniyā), from Classical Persian دُنْیَا (dunyā), from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).
Noun
dunia
Indonesian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Malay dunia, from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā). Doublet of donya.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /duˈnia/ [duˈni.a]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: du‧ni‧a
Noun
dunia (plural dunia-dunia)
Affixed terms
- keduniaan
- mendunia
- sedunia
Compounds
- dunia akhirat
- dunia anak-anak
- dunia atas
- dunia barat
- dunia bawah
- dunia bebas
- dunia fana
- dunia hewan
- dunia hitam
- dunia internasional
- dunia ketiga
- dunia luar
- dunia maya
- dunia merdeka
- dunia paralel
- dunia politik
- dunia ramai
- dunia timur
- dunia tumbuh-tumbuhan
- dunia wadak
Related terms
Further reading
- “dunia”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Krio
Etymology
From Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dú.ní.á/
Noun
dúníá
References
- ^ Fyle, Clifford N.; Jones, Eldred D. (1980), A Krio-English dictionary, USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 82
Maguindanao
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay dunia, from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA(key): /duˈnia/ [ɖuˈɲʌ]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: du‧nia
Noun
duniá (Jawi spelling دنيا)
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Literary) IPA(key): /ˈdunia/ [ˈdu.nja]
- (Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA(key): /ˈduniə/ [ˈdu.njə]
- (Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA(key): /ˈduɲə/ [ˈdu.ɲə] (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?)
Noun
dunia (Jawi spelling دنيا, plural dunia-dunia or dunia2)
- world (human existence)
Descendants
- > Indonesian: dunia (inherited)
- → Maguindanao: dunia
- → Maranao: doniya'
- → Minangkabau: dunia
- → Tausug: dunya
- → Urak Lawoi': ดือนียา (deniya)
Further reading
- "dunia" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
Minangkabau
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay dunia, from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).
Noun
dunia
- world (human existence)
Nefamese
Etymology
From Assamese ধুনীয়া (dhunia). Cognate with Naga Pidgin donia.
Adjective
dunia
Ngazidja Comorian
Etymology
Noun
dunia class 9 (plural dunia class 10)
References
- “dunia” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.
Swahili
| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Ajami | دُنِيَ |
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
dunia class IX (plural dunia class X)
- Earth
- world
- Synonym: ulimwengu
- 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi[1], translation from R. Allen (1946), “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, , pages 243–249, stanza 12:
- هُيُوِ دُنِيَ اِيْنَ غُرُرِ ، دِيَ زَتَتَسِ هُزَدَمَيِْ،
- Huyui dunia ina ghururi? ndia za-tatasi huzandamaye?
- This world is deceitful, why follow its ways?
See also
| Solar System in Swahili · mfumo wa jua (see also: sayari) (layout · text) | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star | jua | |||||||||||||||||
| IAU planets and notable dwarf planets |
Utaridi Zebaki |
Zuhura Ng'andu |
dunia | Mirihi Murihi Meriki |
Ceres | Mshtarii | Zohali Zuhali |
Uranus | Neptun | Pluto | Eris | |||||||
| Notable moons |
— | — | mwezi | — | ||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 106 Nr. 944