दुनिया duniyā
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This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.
| ISO 15919 | On this site |
|---|---|
| c | ch |
| ś | śh |
| ṣ | ṣh |
| r̥ | r̥i |
A few reading pointers:
- ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
- ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
- A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.
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Earlier definition
Definition
World.
The present world, the present life or state of existence.
The people of this world, people.
Worldly enjoyments or blessings, worldly goods, the good things of this life, wealth, riches.
Usual translation
- world
Origin of the definition
दुनिया duniyā duniyā: (nf) the world; people; ~ई worldly, mundane; ~दार worldly, worldly-wise; absorbed in worldly affairs; ~दारी worldliness; worldly wisdom; worldly affairs; ~साज़ adept in worldly dealings, tactful, cunning; ~साज़ी superficial dealings, tactfulness, cunningness; —उजड़ना to lose one's all, to be in the grip of a disaster; —की हवा लगना to veer round to worldly ways; to acquire woṛldly wiles; —के परदे पर on the face of the earth; —देखना to gather varied experience; —देखे होना to have known the world; —भर का unparalleled/unmatched in the world; the greatest; —से उठ जाना/-से कूच कर जाना to disappear from the face of the earth; to pass away.
A دنيا dunyā (fem. of ادني adnā, 'nearer,' &c.; rt. دنو 'to be or become near'), s.f. (lit. 'Nearer, nearest, former'); the present world, the present life or state of existence; the people of this world, people; a whole world, a multitude; — worldly enjoyments or blessings, worldly goods, the good things of this life, wealth, riches: — dunyā-dār, adj. & s.m. Worldly; worldly-minded; — a person of the world; one absorbed in worldly affairs, a mammonist, one possessed of the good things of this world, a rich man: — dunyā-dārī, s.f. Worldliness, attention to the concerns of the world; worldly affairs; economy; mammon, worldly goods or possessions, riches; wife and children, family; — a show of politeness: — dunyā-sāz, adj. = dunyā-dār: — dunyā-sāzī, s.f. Worldliness, &c. ( = dunyā-dārī): — dunyā-t̤alabī, s.f. Seeking the goods of the world, worldliness: — dunyā wa mā fī-hā, The world and whatever is in it.
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