دنيا

Feminine elative of أَدْنَى (ʔadnā, “lower”). دُنيَا (“world”) is originally the "lower place" (as opposed to heaven, the "higher place"); compare English here below.

• IPA^(key): /dun.jaː/

دُنْيَا • (dunyā) f (dual دُنْيَيَان (dunyayān), plural دُنًا (dunan) or دُنًى (dunan) or دُنْيَيَات (dunyayāt))

1. this mortal life; life in this world
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:145:

     وَمَن يُرِدْ ثَوَابَ ٱلدُّنْيَا نُؤْتِهِ مِنْهَا وَمَن يُرِدْ ثَوَابَ ٱلْآخِرَةِ نُؤْتِهِ مِنْهَا ۚ وَسَنَجْزِي ٱلشَّاكِرِينَ

     waman yurid ṯawāba d-dunyā nuʔtihi minhā waman yurid ṯawāba l-ʔāḵirati nuʔtihi minhā wasanajzī š-šākirīna

     And whoever desires the reward of this world - We will give him thereof; and whoever desires the reward of the Hereafter - We will give him thereof. And We will reward the grateful.

2. world (the Earth, or any this-worldly habitat, excluding the next world)

• آخِرة (ʔāḵira)

From الدُّنْيَا (ad-dunyā):

دُنْيَا • (dunyā) f

1. feminine singular of أَدْنَى (ʔadnā, “lower”)

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “دنو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).

دنيا (dönyā)

1. (Volga Bulgar) world

• Chuvash: тӗнче (tĕnč̬e)

• Hakimzjanov, Farid Sabirzjanovich (1986) “New Volga Bulgarian Inscriptions”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae‎ (in Bulgar), volume 40, number 1, page 174

• دنية, دنيه

From Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā)

• IPA^(key): /dun.ja/

دُنيا or دِنيا • (dunya or dinya) f

1. world
2. (definite) impersonal pronoun, describing weather and general time

   Coordinate term: ساعة (sāʕa, “clock; hour”) (for specific clock times)

   الدنيا بتشتي ― id-dunya bitišti ― It's raining

   الدنيا بتليل ― id-dunya bitlayyil ― Night is falling (literally, “it's becoming night”)

دنيا • (dunyā) f (Lisan ud-Dawat)

1. Arabic spelling of દુનિયા (duniyā)

دنيا (transliteration needed)

1. Jawi spelling of dunia

دنيا (plural دنيا-دنيا or دنيا٢, informal 1st possessive دنياکو, 2nd possessive دنيامو, 3rd possessive دنياڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of dunia‎

From Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).

• IPA^(key): /dun.ja/, /din.ja/

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دُنيا or دِنيا • (dunya or dinya) f (plural دُنيات (dunyāt) or دِنيات (dinyāt))

1. world, earth

   Synonym: عالم (ʕālam)

   هاد الراجل هو أسرع واحد فهاد الدنيا

   hād er-rājel huwwa ʔasraʕ wāḥed f-hād ed-dunya

   This man is the fastest in the world.

2. it; things; everything; used to refer to general states and circumstances

   الدنيا مغيمة غدا ― ed-dunya mḡayyma ḡadda ― It'll be cloudy tomorrow.

   الدنيا عامرة اليوم فهاد المحال ― ed-dunya ʕāmra f-hād el-maḥāl ― This store is crowded today.

• دنية (dinye), دنيي (dinye)
• دني (dine, dini)

From Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).

• IPA^(key): /din.ja/,

دنيا • (dinya) f

1. world, this world
2. (by extension) society, the people
3. dummy subject for weather, seasons & time of day (used with a noun as opposed to an adjective)

   الدنيا برد ― ed-dinya barid ― It’s cold

   الدنيا ليل ― ed-dinya layl ― It’s night

4. this place (used for exaggeration)

   خرّبت الدنيا!

   ḵarrabt ed-dinya!

   You made a mess! (literally, "you destroyed the world")

   الدنيا ميّ ― ed-dinya mayy ― This place is wet (literally, "the world is water")

From Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā). Equivalent to the feminine elative of أدنى (ʔadna, “lower, lowest”).

• IPA^(key): /din.ja/,

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دنيا • (dinya) f

1. world

   Synonym: عالم (ʕālam)

2. this world (opposed to the hereafter)

   Antonym: آخرة (ʔāḵre)

3. it (dummy subject for the weather and seasons)

• When describing the weather, الدنيا (id-dinya) is followed by a noun rather than an adjective.

  الدنيا شوب.

  id-dinya šōb.

  It's hot (outside).

  (literally, “The world is heat.”)

• When used with a verb الدنيا (id-dinya) is optional, but the verb remains in the 3rd person feminine singular.

  (الدنيا) عم بتشتي.

  (id-dinya) ʕam bitšatti.

  It's raining.