Dunyā
دُنْيَا
Say it DUN-yaa
This world
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- d-n-w
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Dunya, Dounia, Donia
Meaning & source
This world, the nearer life: the opposite of the Hereafter.
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والدُّنْيا: نَقِيضُ الْآخِرَةِ، انْقَلَبت الْوَاوُ فِيهَا يَاءً لأَن فُعْلى إِذا كَانَتِ اسْمًا مِنْ ذَوَاتِ الْوَاوِ أُبدلت واوُها يَاءً، كَمَا أُبدلت الْوَاوُ مَكَانَ الْيَاءِ فِي فَعْلى، فأَدخَلوها عَلَيْهَا فِي فُعْلى ليَتكاف
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.