dünyəvi

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic دُنْيَوِىّ‎. Surface etymology dünya (“world”) +‎ -vi. The change of the second root vowel from a to ə occurred due to phonological adaptation to vowel harmony rules.

The shift from the the sense mundane to secular is probably resulting from a semantic loan from Russian светский (svetskij).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [dynjæːˈvi]
  • Hyphenation: dün‧yə‧vi

Adjective

dünyəvi

  1. (rare) mundane, wordly, earthly
  2. secular
    dünyəvi dövlət ― secular state
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