dhania

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi धनिया (dhaniyā).

Noun

dhania (uncountable)

1. (India, cooking) Coriander.
   • 2015 July 10, “Saving our city centres, one local market at a time”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     All can find a stall selling something familiar – and maybe something new to try, whether it’s yams or plantain, dhania or jellied eels.

Alternative forms

• dhaniya

Anagrams

• Idahan

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic ظَنَّ (ẓanna).

Verb

-dhania (infinitive kudhania)

1. to imagine, to picture
2. to assume

Conjugation

Conjugation of -dhania
Positive present -nadhania Subjunctive -dhanie Negative -dhanii Imperative singular dhania
Infinitives
Positive kudhania Negative kutodhania
Imperatives
Singular dhania Plural dhanieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hudhania Positive past positive subject concord + -lidhania Negative past negative subject concord + -kudhania
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nadhania) Singular Plural 1st person ninadhania/nadhania tunadhania 2nd person unadhania mnadhania 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anadhania wanadhania other classes positive subject concord + -nadhania
Negative present (negative subject concord + -dhanii) Singular Plural 1st person sidhanii hatudhanii 2nd person hudhanii hamdhanii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hadhanii hawadhanii other classes negative subject concord + -dhanii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tadhania Negative future negative subject concord + -tadhania
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -dhanie) Singular Plural 1st person nidhanie tudhanie 2nd person udhanie mdhanie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) adhanie wadhanie other classes positive subject concord + -dhanie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sidhanie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngedhania Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singedhania Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalidhania Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalidhania
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -adhania) Singular Plural 1st person nadhania twadhania 2nd person wadhania mwadhania 3rd person m-wa(I/II) adhania wadhania m-mi(III/IV) wadhania yadhania ji-ma(V/VI) ladhania yadhania ki-vi(VII/VIII) chadhania vyadhania n(IX/X) yadhania zadhania u(XI) wadhania see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwadhania pa(XVI) padhania mu(XVIII) mwadhania
Perfect positive subject concord + -medhania "Already" positive subject concord + -meshadhania "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jadhania "If/When" positive subject concord + -kidhania "If not" positive subject concord + -sipodhania Consecutive kadhania / positive subject concord + -kadhania Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kadhanie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nidhania -tudhania 2nd person -kudhania -wadhania/-kudhanieni/-wadhanieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mdhania -wadhania m-mi(III/IV) -udhania -idhania ji-ma(V/VI) -lidhania -yadhania ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kidhania -vidhania n(IX/X) -idhania -zidhania u(XI) -udhania see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kudhania pa(XVI) -padhania mu(XVIII) -mudhania Reflexive -jidhania
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -dhania- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -dhaniaye -dhaniao m-mi(III/IV) -dhaniao -dhaniayo ji-ma(V/VI) -dhanialo -dhaniayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -dhaniacho -dhaniavyo n(IX/X) -dhaniayo -dhaniazo u(XI) -dhaniao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -dhaniako pa(XVI) -dhaniapo mu(XVIII) -dhaniamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -dhania) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yedhania -odhania m-mi(III/IV) -odhania -yodhania ji-ma(V/VI) -lodhania -yodhania ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chodhania -vyodhania n(IX/X) -yodhania -zodhania u(XI) -odhania see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kodhania pa(XVI) -podhania mu(XVIII) -modhania
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi धनिया (dhaniyā).

Alternative forms

• dania

Noun

dhania class IX (plural dhania class X)

1. coriander

See also

• giligilani (“coriander seed”)