دنيا

See also: دنیا‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root د ن و‎ (d-n-w) or د ن ي‎ (d-n-y). Feminine elative of أَدْنَى‎ (ʾadnā, “lower”). دُنيَا‎ (“world”) is originally the "lower place" (as opposed to heaven, the "higher place"); compare English here below.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dun.jaː/

Adjective

دُنْيَا • (dunyā) f

feminine singular of أَدْنَى‎ (ʾadnā, “lower”)

Noun

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

world (the Earth, or any this-worldly habitat, excluding the next world)
this mortal life; life in this world
kingdom

Declension

Declension of noun دُنْيَا (dunyā)

Singular	singular invariable
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُنْيَا dunyā	الدُّنْيَا‎ ad-dunyā	دُنْيَا dunyā
Nominative	دُنْيَا dunyā	الدُّنْيَا‎ ad-dunyā	دُنْيَا dunyā
Accusative	دُنْيَا dunyā	الدُّنْيَا‎ ad-dunyā	دُنْيَا dunyā
Genitive	دُنْيَا dunyā	الدُّنْيَا‎ ad-dunyā	دُنْيَا dunyā
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُنْيَيَيْن‎ dunyayayn	الدُّنْيَيَيْن‎ ad-dunyayayn	دُنْيَيَيْ‎ dunyayay
Nominative	دُنْيَيَانِ‎ dunyayāni	الدُّنْيَيَانِ‎ ad-dunyayāni	دُنْيَيَا‎ dunyayā
Accusative	دُنْيَيَيْنِ‎ dunyayayni	الدُّنْيَيَيْنِ‎ ad-dunyayayni	دُنْيَيَيْ‎ dunyayay
Genitive	دُنْيَيَيْنِ‎ dunyayayni	الدُّنْيَيَيْنِ‎ ad-dunyayayni	دُنْيَيَيْ‎ dunyayay
Plural	broken plural in ـًى (-an)‎; sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُنَى‎‎; دُنْيَيَات‎ dunā‎; dunyayāt	الدُّنَى‎‎; الدُّنْيَيَات‎ ad-dunā‎; ad-dunyayāt	دُنَى‎‎; دُنْيَيَات‎ dunā‎; dunyayāt
Nominative	دُنًى‎‎; دُنْيَيَاتٌ‎ dunan‎; dunyayātun	الدُّنَى‎‎; الدُّنْيَيَاتُ‎ ad-dunā‎; ad-dunyayātu	دُنَى‎‎; دُنْيَيَاتُ‎ dunā‎; dunyayātu
Accusative	دُنًى‎‎; دُنْيَيَاتٍ‎ dunan‎; dunyayātin	الدُّنَى‎‎; الدُّنْيَيَاتِ‎ ad-dunā‎; ad-dunyayāti	دُنَى‎‎; دُنْيَيَاتِ‎ dunā‎; dunyayāti
Genitive	دُنًى‎‎; دُنْيَيَاتٍ‎ dunan‎; dunyayātin	الدُّنَى‎‎; الدُّنْيَيَاتِ‎ ad-dunā‎; ad-dunyayāti	دُنَى‎‎; دُنْيَيَاتِ‎ dunā‎; dunyayāti

Antonyms

آخِرة‎ (ʾāḵira)

Descendants

Albanian: dynja
Azerbaijani: dünya
Bashkir: донъя (donʺya)
Bengali: দুনিয়া (duniya)
Dhivehi: ދުނިޔެ‎ (duniye)
Dongxiang: duya, dunya
Greek: ντουνιάς (ntouniás)
Gujarati: દુનિયા (duniyā)
Hausa: duniya
Hindustani:
- Fiji Hindi: dunia
- Hindi: दुनिया (duniyā)
- Urdu: دنیا‎ (duniyā)
Kabyle: ddunit
Kazakh: дүние (dünïe)
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: dinya

Sorani: دنیا‎ (dinya)

Laki: دنیا‎ (dinya)
Kyrgyz: дүйнө (düynö)
Macedonian: дуња (dunja)

Malayan (Old Malay):
- Karo Batak: doni
- Javanese: donya
- Indonesian: dunia
- Malay: dunia
- Minangkabau: dunia
- Sasak: dunie
- Sundanese: dunya
Maltese: dinja
Marathi: दुनिया (duniyā)
Nepali: दुनिया (duniyā)
Nogai: дуныя (dunıya)
Ottoman Turkish: دنیا‎ (dünyâ)
Pashto: دنيا‎ (dunyā)
Persian: دنیا‎ (donyâ)
- Tajik: дунё (dunyo)
Punjabi: ਦੁਨੀਆ (dunīā), دنیا‎ (dunīā)
Rajasthani: दुनियांण (duniyā̃ṇ)
Serbo-Croatian: дуња / dunja
Somali: dunida
Swahili: dunia
Tashelhit: ddunit
Turkish: dünya
Tatar: дөнья (dön’ya)
Turkmen: dünýä
Uyghur: دۇنيا‎ (dunya)

References

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

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