दुनिया duniyā

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cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

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  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
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  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

دنيا · ar · n. · f.

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

  1. 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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Tuesday 8 December 2020