դունյա

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Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دنیا (dünya), from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).

Pronunciation

Noun

դունյա (dunya) (dialectal)

  1. world, universe
    Synonym: աշխարհ (ašxarh)

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular (singulare tantum)
nominative դունյա (dunya)
dative դունյի (dunyi)
ablative դունյից (dunyicʻ)
instrumental դունյով (dunyov)
locative դունյում (dunyum)
definite forms
nominative դունյան (dunyan)
dative դունյին (dunyin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative դունյաս (dunyas)
dative դունյիս (dunyis)
ablative դունյիցս (dunyicʻs)
instrumental դունյովս (dunyovs)
locative դունյումս (dunyums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative դունյադ (dunyad)
dative դունյիդ (dunyid)
ablative դունյիցդ (dunyicʻd)
instrumental դունյովդ (dunyovd)
locative դունյումդ (dunyumd)

Pronoun

դունյա (dunya) (dialectal)

  1. 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