দুনিয়া

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دنیا (dunyā), from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā). Cognate with Assamese দুনিয়া (dunia), Odia ଦୁନିଆ (duniā), Bhojpuri दुनिया (duniyā), Hindustani دُنْیا / दुनिया (duniyā), Gujarati દુનિયા (duniyā), Marwari दुनियांण (duniyā̃ṇ), Nepali दुनिया (duniyā), Marathi दुनिया (duniyā), Punjabi ਦੁਨੀਆ (dunīā), Sindhi دُنْيَا (dunyā), Sinhalese දුනියා (duniyā), Dhivehi ދުނިޔެ (duniye).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /d̪uni̯a/, [ˈd̪uni̯aˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /d̪uni̯a/, [ˈd̪uni̯aˑ]

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Noun

দুনিয়া • (duniẏa)

1. world (especially the mortal world)

   Synonyms: ইহকাল (ihokal), বিশ্ব (biśśo), জগৎ (jogot), জাহান (jahan), কায়েনাত (kaẏenat), আলম (alom)

   Antonyms: আখেরাত (akherat), পরকাল (porkal)