دنیاوی

Urdu

Alternative forms

• دُنْیَوِی (dunyavī) — dated

Etymology

From دُنْیا (dunyā, “world”) +‎ ـوی (-vī, “-ly”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ʊn.jɑː.ʋiː/, [d̪ʊ.nɪ.jɑː.ʋiː]
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: دُن‧یا‧وِی

Adjective

دُنْیاوِی • (dunyāvī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling दुनियावी)

1. worldly, materialistic
2. secular (ie. as opposed to religious or spiritual)

   Antonym: دِینی (dīnī)

Further reading

• “دنیاوی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دنیاوی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دنيا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “دنياوي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 529
• John Shakespear (1834) “دنیاوی”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC