դունյա

Armenian

Alternative forms

• դունիա (dunia)
• դիւնեա (diwnea) — traditional orthography

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دنیا (dünya), from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /duˈnjɑ/, [dunjɑ́]

Noun

դունյա • (dunya) (dialectal)

1. world, universe

   Synonym: աշխարհ (ašxarh)

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
	singular (singulare tantum)
nominative	դունյա (dunya)
dative	դունյի (dunyi)
ablative	դունյից (dunyicʻ)
instrumental	դունյով (dunyov)
locative	դունյում (dunyum)
	definite forms
nominative	դունյան (dunyan)
dative	դունյին (dunyin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	դունյաս (dunyas)
dative	դունյիս (dunyis)
ablative	դունյիցս (dunyicʻs)
instrumental	դունյովս (dunyovs)
locative	դունյումս (dunyums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	դունյադ (dunyad)
dative	դունյիդ (dunyid)
ablative	դունյիցդ (dunyicʻd)
instrumental	դունյովդ (dunyovd)
locative	դունյումդ (dunyumd)

Pronoun

դունյա • (dunya) (dialectal)

1. the whole world, everyone, everybody

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “տիւնյա”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 339
• Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “դունյա”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 129c
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “դունիա”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan