dunia
Fiji Hindi
Etymology
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, 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
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /duɲə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /duɲa/
- Rhymes: -uɲə, -ɲə, -ə
- Rhymes: -a
Noun
dunia (Jawi spelling دنيا, plural dunia-dunia)
- 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 | Malay Literary Reference Centre, 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