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Armenian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish دنیا (dünya), from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).
Pronunciation
Noun
դունյա • (dunya) (dialectal)
- world, universe
- Synonym: աշխարհ (ašxarh)
Declension
Pronoun
դունյա • (dunya) (dialectal)
- the whole world, everyone, everybody
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “տիւնյա”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 339
- Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “դունյա”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 129c
- Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “դունիա”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan