dunia

From Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).

dunia

1. world

• doenia (pre-1947)

From Malay dunia, from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /duˈnia/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: du‧ni‧a

dunia (first-person possessive duniaku, second-person possessive duniamu, third-person possessive dunianya)

1. world

   Synonyms: buana, jagat

• “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.

From Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).

• IPA^(key): /dú.ní.á/

dúníá

1. world

   Synonym: wɔl

Borrowed from Malay dunia, from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /duˈnia/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: du‧nia

duniá (Jawi spelling دنيا)

1. world

From Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /duɲə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /duɲa/
• Rhymes: -uɲə, -ɲə, -ə
• Rhymes: -a

dunia (Jawi spelling دنيا, plural dunia-dunia, informal 1st possessive duniaku, 2nd possessive duniamu, 3rd possessive dunianya)

1. world (human existence)

• Indonesian: dunia
• → Maguindanao: dunia
• → Maranao: doniya'
• → Tausug: dunya
• → Urak Lawoi': ดือนียา (deniya)

• “dunia” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).

dunia

1. world (human existence)

From Assamese ধুনীয়া (dhunia). Cognate with Naga Pidgin donia.

dunia

1. beautiful

From Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).

dunia class 9 (plural dunia class 10)

2. Earth
3. world

• “dunia” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

dunia

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From Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).^[1]

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dunia (n class, plural dunia)

2. Earth
3. world

   Synonym: ulimwengu

   • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎, translation from R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, 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?