duniawi
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay duniawi, from Arabic دُنْيَوِيّ (dunyawiyy). Equivalent to dunia (“world”) + -wi.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /duniˈawi/ [du.niˈa.wi]
- Rhymes: -awi
- Syllabification: du‧ni‧a‧wi
Adjective
duniawi
- Wordly; concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.
- Synonyms: materiel, profan, materialistis
- Antonyms: ukhrawi, rohani, spiritual
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Further reading
- “duniawi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016