Dubai

See also: Dubaï and Dubái

English

Alternative forms

• Dubayy (stricter transliteration)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دُبَيّ (dubayy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duːˈbaɪ/, /dʊˈbaɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Hyphenation: Du‧bai

Proper noun

Dubai

2. A city in the United Arab Emirates; capital of Dubai emirate.
4. An emirate of the United Arab Emirates.

   Holonym: United Arab Emirates

   Coordinate terms: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, Umm al-Quwain

Derived terms

• Dubaier, Dubaian, Dubaite
• Dubaization

Translations

city

• Arabic: دُبَيّ (ar) f (dubayy)
• Armenian: Դուբայ (hy) (Dubay)
• Belarusian: Дуба́й m (Dubáj)
• Bengali: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: Дуба́й m (Dubáj)
• Burmese: ဒူဘိုင်း (dubhuing:)
• Catalan: Dubai m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 杜拜 (dou⁶ baai³), 迪拜 (dik⁶ baai³)

  Mandarin: 迪拜 (zh) (Díbài), (Taiwan) 杜拜 (zh) (Dùbài)

• Czech: Dubaj (cs) m
• Esperanto: Dubajo
• Finnish: Dubai (fi)
• French: Dubaï (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Greek: Ντουμπάι (el) (Ntoumpái)
• Gujarati: દુબઇ (dubai)
• Hebrew: דובאי
• Hindi: दुबई (dubaī)
• Icelandic: Dúbæ
• Japanese: ドバイ (ja) (Dobai)
• Kannada: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: ឌូបៃ (duubay)
• Korean: 두바이 (ko) (Dubai)
• Macedonian: Дуба́и m (Dubái)
• Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
• Marathi: दुबई n (dubaī)
• Persian: دبی (fa) (dobey)
• Polish: Dubaj (pl) m
• Portuguese: Dubai m
• Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: Дуба́й (ru) m (Dubáj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Дубаи m

  Roman: Dubai m

• Slovak: Dubaj (sk) m
• Slovene: Dubaj m
• Spanish: Dubái (es) m
• Tajik: Дубай (Dubay)
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Tatar: Дөбәй (Döbäy)
• Telugu: దుబాయ్ (dubāy), దుబాయి (dubāyi)
• Thai: ดูไบ (th) (duu-bai)
• Turkish: Dübey (tr), (English) Dubai
• Ukrainian: Дуба́й (uk) m (Dubáj)
• Urdu: دبئی m (Dubaī)
• Uyghur: دۇبەي (dubey)
• Uzbek: Dubay

emirate

• Arabic: إِمَارَة دُبَيّ f (ʔimārat dubayy)
• Armenian: Դուբայի Էմիրություն (Dubayi Ēmirutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: Дуба́й m (Dubáj)
• Catalan: Dubai
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 迪拜 (zh) (Díbài), (Taiwan) 杜拜 (zh) (Dùbài)

• Esperanto: Dubajo
• Finnish: Dubai (fi)
• French: Dubaï (fr) m
• Greek: Ντουμπάι (el) (Ntoumpái)
• Hindi: दुबई (dubaī)
• Hungarian: Dubaj (hu)
• Japanese: ドバイ (ja) (Dobai)
• Korean: 두바이 (ko) (Dubai)
• Marathi: दुबई n (dubaī)
• Persian: امارت دبی (emârat-e dobey)
• Polish: Dubaj (pl) m
• Portuguese: Dubai m
• Russian: Дуба́й (ru) m (Dubáj)
• Spanish: Dubái (es) m
• Tajik: Иморати Дубай (Imorat-i Dubay)
• Tatar: Дөбәй Әмирлеге (Döbäy Ämirlege)
• Turkish: Dübey Emirliği
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Urdu: امارت دبئی m
• Uzbek: Dubay amirligi
• Vietnamese: Dubai
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Badiu, Baidu, Budai, Bádiu, Ubaid

Finnish

Etymology

From Arabic دُبَيّ (dubayy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdubɑi̯/, [ˈdubɑ̝i̯]
• Rhymes: -ubɑi
• Hyphenation^(key): Du‧bai

Proper noun

Dubai

1. Dubai (a city in the United Arab Emirates; capital of Dubai emirate)
2. Dubai (an emirate of the United Arab Emirates)

Declension

Inflection of Dubai (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Dubai	—
genitive		Dubain	—
partitive		Dubaia	—
illative		Dubaihin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Dubai	—
accusative	nom.	Dubai	—
	gen.	Dubain
genitive		Dubain	—
partitive		Dubaia	—
inessive		Dubaissa	—
elative		Dubaista	—
illative		Dubaihin	—
adessive		Dubailla	—
ablative		Dubailta	—
allative		Dubaille	—
essive		Dubaina	—
translative		Dubaiksi	—
abessive		Dubaitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Dubai (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Dubaini — accusative nom. Dubaini — gen. Dubaini genitive Dubaini — partitive Dubaiani — inessive Dubaissani — elative Dubaistani — illative Dubaihini — adessive Dubaillani — ablative Dubailtani — allative Dubailleni — essive Dubainani — translative Dubaikseni — abessive Dubaittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Dubaisi — accusative nom. Dubaisi — gen. Dubaisi genitive Dubaisi — partitive Dubaiasi — inessive Dubaissasi — elative Dubaistasi — illative Dubaihisi — adessive Dubaillasi — ablative Dubailtasi — allative Dubaillesi — essive Dubainasi — translative Dubaiksesi — abessive Dubaittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Dubaimme — accusative nom. Dubaimme — gen. Dubaimme genitive Dubaimme — partitive Dubaiamme — inessive Dubaissamme — elative Dubaistamme — illative Dubaihimme — adessive Dubaillamme — ablative Dubailtamme — allative Dubaillemme — essive Dubainamme — translative Dubaiksemme — abessive Dubaittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Dubainne — accusative nom. Dubainne — gen. Dubainne genitive Dubainne — partitive Dubaianne — inessive Dubaissanne — elative Dubaistanne — illative Dubaihinne — adessive Dubaillanne — ablative Dubailtanne — allative Dubaillenne — essive Dubainanne — translative Dubaiksenne — abessive Dubaittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Dubainsa — accusative nom. Dubainsa — gen. Dubainsa genitive Dubainsa — partitive Dubaiaan Dubaiansa — inessive Dubaissaan Dubaissansa — elative Dubaistaan Dubaistansa — illative Dubaihinsa — adessive Dubaillaan Dubaillansa — ablative Dubailtaan Dubailtansa — allative Dubailleen Dubaillensa — essive Dubainaan Dubainansa — translative Dubaikseen Dubaiksensa — abessive Dubaittaan Dubaittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Anagrams

• baudi

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduːbaɪ̯/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Du‧bai

Proper noun

Dubai n (proper noun, genitive Dubais or (optionally with an article) Dubai)

1. Dubai (a city in the United Arab Emirates; capital of Dubai emirate)
2. Dubai (an emirate of the United Arab Emirates)

Derived terms

• Dubai-Schokolade
• Dubaier

 

Further reading

• “Dubai” in Duden online
• “Dubai” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دُبَيّ (dubayy).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /duˈbaj/ [duˈbaɪ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /duˈbaj/ [duˈβaj]

• Audio (Brazil):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: Du‧bai

Proper noun

Dubai m

1. Dubai (a city in the United Arab Emirates; capital of Dubai emirate)
2. Dubai (an emirate of the United Arab Emirates)