dahlia

See also: Dahlia

English

A dahlia flower

Etymology

Named 1791 after Anders Dahl, by Spanish botanist Antonio José Cavanilles.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːlɪə/, /ˈdeɪlɪə/
Rhymes: -ɑːliə, -eɪliə

Noun

dahlia (plural dahlias)

Any plant of the genus Dahlia, tuberous perennial flowering plants native to Mexico.

Translations

any plant of the genus Dahlia

Arabic: دَالِيَّا‎ m (dāliyyā)
Armenian: գեորգենի (hy) (georgeni), գեորգին (georgin)
Bengali: ডালিয়া (bn) (ḑalia)
Bulgarian: далия (bg) f (dalija), гергина f (gergina)
Burmese: ဒေလီယာ (my) (deliya)
Catalan: dàlia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大麗花 (zh), 大丽花 (zh) (dàlìhuā), 大理花 (zh) (dàlǐhuā), 天竺牡丹 (zh) (tiānzhú mǔdān)
Czech: jiřina (cs) f
Dutch: dahlia (nl) f
Esperanto: dalio
Finnish: daalia (fi)
French: dahlia (fr) m
German: Dahlie (de) f
Greek: ντάλια (el) f (dália)
Hungarian: dália (hu)
Ido: dalio (io), dahlia (io)
Irish: dáilia f

Italian: dalia (it) f
Japanese: ダリア (daria), 天竺牡丹 (てんじくぼたん, tenjikubotan)
Lithuanian: jurginas m
Macedonian: георгина f (georgina)
Maori: teiria
Polish: dalia (pl)
Portuguese: dália (pt) f
Romanian: dalie (ro) f, gherghină (ro) f
Russian: георги́н (ru) m (georgín)
Samogitian: jorgėns m
Slovak: georgína f
Slovene: dalija (sl) f
Spanish: dalia (es) f
Tagalog: dalya
Thai: รักเร่ (rák-rêe)
Urdu: ڈہلیا‎ (ḍahlīyā)
Volapük: daliad (vo)

References

“dahlia” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Translingual Dahlia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.liˌaː/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: dah‧lia

Noun

dahlia f (plural dahlia's, diminutive dahliaatje n)

dahlia, plant of the genus Dahlia

Derived terms

zeedahlia

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