durian
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Etymology
From Malay durian, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *duʀi (“thorn”). Doublet of iwi, from Māori.
Pronunciation
Noun
durian (countable and uncountable, plural durians)
- Any of several trees, genus Durio, of Southeast Asia.
- The spiky edible fruit of this tree, known for its strong taste and very strong, unpleasant odor.
- 1692, Robert Boyle, General Heads for the Natural History of a Country Great or Small, London: John Taylor and S. Hedford, “Enquiries for Suratte, &c.,” p. 96,
- Whether the Betele hath such a contrariety to the Durion, that a few Leaves of that, put to a whole Shopful of Durions, will make them all rot suddenly; and whether those that have surfeited on Durions, and thereby over-heated themselves, do, by laying a Leaf or two of Betele upon their Breasts or Stomachs, immediately cure the Inflammations, and Recover.
- 1869 November, “The Land of the Malay: A Record of Travel in the Oriental Tropics”, in [Thomas] Mayne Reid, editor, Onward: A Magazine for the Young Manhood of America, New York, N.Y.: Onward Publishing Office, →OCLC, page 494:
- The dessert I thoroughly enjoyed, for the various fruits of Singapore are delicious. One of them, the "durion," exhales a most noxious perfume, but is pleasant to the palate.
- 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 115:
- Old women crouched over bags of Siamese rice, skeps of red and green peppers, purple egg-plants, bristly rambutans, pineapples, durians.
- 1692, Robert Boyle, General Heads for the Natural History of a Country Great or Small, London: John Taylor and S. Hedford, “Enquiries for Suratte, &c.,” p. 96,
- (uncountable) A deep, rich yellow colour, like that of durian flesh (also called durian yellow).
- durian:
Alternative forms
Descendants
- → Arabic: دُرْيَان (duryān)
- → Bengali: দুরিয়ান (duriẏan), ডুরিয়ান (ḍuriẏan)
- → Bikol Central: durian
- → Bulgarian: дуриан (durian)
- → Catalan: durian
- → Czech: durian
- → Danish: durian
- → Esperanto: durio
- → Finnish: durio
- → French: durian
- → Galician: durián
- → Georgian: დურიო (durio)
- → German: Durian
- → Hebrew: דוריאן (duri'an)
- → Italian: durian
- → Japanese: ドリアン (dorian)
- → Komi-Permyak: дуриан (durian)
- → Komi-Zyrian: дуриан (durian)
- → Korean: 두리안 (durian)
- → Lak: дуриан (durian)
- → Latvian: duriāns
- → Lithuanian: durijus
- → Norwegian Bokmål: durian
- → Persian: دوریان (duryân)
- → Polish: durian
- → Portuguese: durio, durião
- → Russian: дуриан (durian)
- → Rwanda-Rundi: duriyani
- → Spanish: durián
- → Swedish: durian
- → Turkish: durian
- → Udmurt: дуриан (durian)
- → Ukrainian: дуріан (durian)
- → Western Mari: дуриан (durian)
Translations
tree
fruit
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Anagrams
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *duʀi (“thorn”).
Noun
durian
- durian (fruit)
Etymology
From duri (“thorn”) + -an, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.
Pronunciation
Noun
durian
- durian (fruit)
Etymology
Borrowed from English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.
Pronunciation
Noun
durian m (plural durians)
Noun
durian
- nonstandard spelling of duryan
Etymology
Borrowed from English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.
Noun
durian m inan
Declension
Declension of durian (hard masculine inanimate)
Etymology
From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.
Noun
durian n
Etymology
From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.
Pronunciation
Noun
durian m (plural durians)
Etymology
Reconstructed as duri (“thorn, spike”) + -an, inherited from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.
Pronunciation
Noun
durian (plural durian-durian, first-person possessive durianku, second-person possessive durianmu, third-person possessive duriannya)
Alternative forms
- duren (colloquial)
Derived terms
- durian belanda
- durian kuning
- durian pulu
- durian tinggang
Further reading
- “durian” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Etymology
From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.
Noun
durian m
Anagrams
Etymology
From Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.
Noun
durian
Etymology
duri + -an, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.
Pronunciation
Noun
durian (Jawi spelling دورين or دوريان, plural durian-durian, informal 1st possessive durianku, 2nd possessive durianmu, 3rd possessive duriannya)
- durian (fruit)
Descendants
- Indonesian: durian
- → Burmese: ဒူးရင်းသီး (du:rang:si:)
- → Cebuano: duryan
- → Chinese: 榴槤／榴梿 (liúlián)
- → Dutch: doerian
- → English: durian (see there for further descendants)
- → Kapampangan: durian
- → Lao: ທຸລຽນ (thu līan)
- → Swahili: duriani
- → Tamil: துரியான் (turiyāṉ)
- → Tagalog: durian, duryan
- → Thai: ทุเรียน (tú-riian)
- → Vietnamese: sầu riêng
Further reading
- “durian” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Etymology
From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.
Noun
durian m
- durian (fruit)
Etymology
Borrowed from English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.
Pronunciation
Noun
durian m inan
- durian (tree)
- Synonym: zybuczkowiec
- durian (fruit)
Declension
Declension of durian
Further reading
- durian in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Etymology
From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.
Noun
durian c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | durian | durians |
| definite | durianen | durianens | |
| plural | indefinite | durianer | durianers |
| definite | durianerna | durianernas | |
Declension of durian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /duɾˈjan/ [d̪ʊɾˈjan̪]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: dur‧ian
Noun
durián (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔)
- Alternative spelling of duryan
Etymology
From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.
Noun
durian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
durian
References
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