durian
English

Etymology
From Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an, from Proto-Austronesian *duʀi (“thorn”). Compare iwi.
Noun
durian (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.
- 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 8717398, 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.
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Descendants
- → Arabic: دريان (duryān)
- → Bengali: দুরিয়ান (duriyan)
- → 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: durian
- → Persian: دوریان (durian)
- → 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
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Catalan
Etymology
From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.
Cebuano
Czech
Etymology
From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.
Danish
Etymology
From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.
French
Etymology
From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /du.ʁjɑ̃/
Audio (file)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an and duri + -an.
Italian
Etymology
From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.
Kapampangan
Etymology
From Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
duri + -an, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /durian/
- Rhymes: -ian, -jan, -an
Noun
durian (Jawi spelling دوريان, plural durian-durian, informal first-person possessive durianku, informal second-person possessive durianmu, third-person possessive duriannya)
- durian (fruit)
Descendants
- → Burmese: ဒူးရင်းသီး (du:rang:si:)
- → Chinese: 榴槤 (liúlián)
- → Dutch: doerian
- → English: durian (see there for further descendants)
- Indonesian: durian
- → Kapampangan: durian
- → Lao: ທຸລຽນ (thu līan)
- → Swahili: duriani
- → Tamil: துரியான் (turiyāṉ)
- → Tagalog: durian, duryan
- → Thai: ทุเรียน (tú-riian)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.
Polish
Etymology
From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdurʲ.jan/
Swedish
Etymology
From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.
Turkish
Etymology
From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.