dahlia

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English

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dahlia

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Dahlia

A dahlia flower

Etymology

Named 1791 after Anders Dahl, by Spanish botanist Antonio José Cavanilles.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːlɪə/, /ˈdeɪlɪə/
Rhymes: -ɑːliə, -eɪliə

Noun

dahlia (plural dahlias)

Any plant of the genus Dahlia, tuberous perennial flowering plants native to Mexico.

Derived terms

dahlin

Translations

any plant of the genus Dahlia

Arabic: دَالِيَّا m (dāliyyā)
Armenian: գեորգենի (hy) (georgeni), գեորգին (georgin)
Bengali: ডালিয়া (bn) (ḍaliẏa)
Bulgarian: далия (bg) f (dalija), гергина f (gergina)
Burmese: ဒေလီယာ (my) (deliya)
Catalan: dàlia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大麗花 / 大丽花 (zh) (dàlìhuā), 大理花 (zh) (dàlǐhuā), 天竺牡丹 (zh) (tiānzhú mǔdān)
Czech: jiřina (cs) f
Danish: georgine c, dahlia c
Dutch: dahlia (nl) f
Esperanto: dalio
Estonian: daalia (et)
Faroese: georgina f
Finnish: daalia (fi)
French: dahlia (fr) m
Friulian: dalie f
Georgian: გეორგინა (georgina)
German: Dahlie (de) f
Greek: ντάλια (el) f (ntália)
Hawaiian: waiohinu
Hungarian: dália (hu)
Icelandic: dalía f, glitfífill m
Ido: dalio (io), dahlia (io)
Indonesian: dahlia (id)
Ingrian: georgiini
Irish: dáilia f
Italian: dalia (it) f
Japanese: ダリア (ja) (daria), 天竺牡丹 (てんじくぼたん, tenjikubotan)
Kazakh: нарғызгүл (narğyzgül)
Korean: 다알리아속 (daalliasok)
Lithuanian: jurginas m
Macedonian: георгина f (georgina)
Maori: teiria
Norwegian:
Bokmål: georgine, dahlia

Nynorsk: georgine, dahlia
Occitan: dalià m
Ottoman Turkish: یلدز چیچكی (yıldız çiçeği)
Polish: dalia (pl), georginia (pl) f
Portuguese: dália (pt) f
Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: dalie (ro) f, gherghină (ro) f
Russian: георги́н (ru) m (georgín)
Samogitian: jorgėns m
Slovak: georgína f
Slovene: dalija (sl) f
Spanish: dalia (es) f
Swedish: dahlia (sv) c
Tagalog: dalya
Tajik: гули кавкаб (gul-i kavkab), кавкаб (kavkab)
Thai: รักเร่ (th) (rák-rêe)
Turkish: yıldız çiçeği (tr)
Ukrainian: жоржи́на f (žoržýna)
Urdu: ڈہلیا (ḍahliyā)
Vietnamese: thược dược (vi)
Volapük: daliad (vo)

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “dahlia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

dahlia

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Dahlia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.liˌaː/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: dah‧lia

Noun

dahlia f (plural dahlia's, diminutive dahliaatje n)

dahlia, plant of the genus Dahlia

Derived terms

French

un dahlia

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /da.lja/
Audio: (file)

Noun

dahlia m (plural dahlias)

dahlia, plant of the genus Dahlia

Further reading

“dahlia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

dahlia

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Hyphenation: dah‧lia
Rhymes: -lia̯, -ia̯, -a

Noun

dahlia (plural dahlia-dahlia)

dahlia

Further reading

“dahlia” 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.

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