dynja

See also: Dynja

Albanian

Etymology

From Turkish dünya, from Ottoman Turkish دنیا (dünyâ), from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).

Noun

dynja f (definite dynjaja)

  1. (colloquial) world

Further reading

  • “dynja”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “dynja”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary
  • dynja”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dynja, from Proto-Germanic *dunjaną (to rumble, make a roaring sound).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɪnja/
    Rhymes: -ɪnja

Verb

dynja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dundi, supine dunið)

  1. (intransitive) to resound, to boom, to reverberate
    Synonyms: duna, drynja
  2. (intransitive, of wind) to howl, to roar

Conjugation

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Synonyms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse dynja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²dʏnjɑ/

Verb

dynja (present tense dyn, past tense dunde, past participle dunt, present participle dynjande, imperative dyn)

  1. to resound, to boom, to reverberate (make a loud, resonant sound, also figuratively)
    • 1894, Per Sivle, Svolder:
      So bar det laust med det Svolder-Slag, som dyn i vor Soga den Dag idag.
      Then erupted the battle of Svolder, which resounds in our history to this very day.

References

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