دنیاوی

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Urdu[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

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

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

Further reading[edit]

  • “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.
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  • 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, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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