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For those who may not understand the meaning of the domain, "startupdunia" means "startupworld" in Malaysia. I bet that the owner of the website is an indian fr
by siong1987 18y ago
For those who may not understand the meaning of the domain, "startupdunia" means "startupworld" in Malaysia. I bet that the owner of the website is an indian from Malaysia.
- blizkreeg 18y agoDunia in Hindi means world. The owner of the site actually lives in the US.
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- ideamonk 18y ago"dunia" means world in Hindi too, in India 【ツ】
- nixme 18y agoDunia or doonya also means world in a number of Indian languages too. I would guess that it's probably a borrowed term or root across at least some Malay and Indic langauges.
- niyazpk 18y agoDunia means World in Arabic too.
- ramoq 18y agoto the best of my knowledge, 'dunya/dunia' comes from the arabic language. It's natively an arabic word.
- mahmud 18y agoDuniya means world in Somali too! wow, I can't believe my language has such influence and reach! kidding aside, "Duniya" is an important word in Islamic tradition. It's the counterpart for "after life". "Duniya wa Akhira" roughly means "Earth and the After life", or "here and in the after life". Whatever its origin, it's an Islamic word, just as "Rahma/Rehma/Rehmat"; it's used throughout the orient to mean various things: blessings, thanks, regards, with kindness, etc. It's used by Arabs, Africans, Persians, South Asians, Turkic peoples, South East Asians, Carribean muslims, Pacific islanders, etc.
- riahi 18y agoDonyaa means world in Persian, which was the first language of the Mughal Empire. The word then spread throughout Urdu and a variety of other Indian languages.
- mahmud 18y agogrep -in "fil duniya wa akhira" /home/god/pub/quran.txt Dunia is one of the most repeated words in the Quran. duniya, salam, rahma, akhira, salat/salawat, anbiya/rusul, etc.