worthy

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• Australia, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːði/
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• General-American: wûrthē
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• General-American: /ˈwɝði/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈwəːðɪj/
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• New-Zealand, Wales: /ˈwøːði/
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• /ˈweːði/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
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• /ˈwɛːði/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
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• Scotland: /ˈwʌɾðe/
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• Scotland: /-ðɪ/
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• Scotland: /-ði/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ði
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• CMU ARPABET: W ER1 DH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English worthy, wurthi, from Old English *weorþiġ (“worthy”), equivalent to worth + -y. Cognate with Dutch waardig (“worthy”), Middle Low German werdig (“worthy”), German würdig (“worthy”), Swedish värdig (“worthy”), Icelandic verðugur (“worthy”).

Possibly from worthy.

From Middle English worthien, wurthien, from Old English weorþian (“to esteem, honor, worship, distinguish, celebrate, exalt, praise, adorn, deck, enrich, reward”), from Proto-Germanic *werþōną (“to be worthy, estimate, appreciate, appraise”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with German werten (“to rate, judge, grade, score”), Swedish värdera (“to evaluate, rate, size up, assess, estimate”), Icelandic virða (“to respect, esteem”).

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: արժանի (aržani) — having worth, merit, or value
• Bulgarian: достоен (dostoen) — having worth, merit, or value
• Catalan: digne — having worth, merit, or value
• Chinese Mandarin: 配稱 /配称 (pèichèng) — having worth, merit, or value
• Dutch: waardig — having worth, merit, or value
• Esperanto: digna — having worth, merit, or value
• Esperanto: inda — having worth, merit, or value
• Estonian: väärt — having worth, merit, or value
• Estonian: väärtuslik — having worth, merit, or value
• Finnish: arvollinen — having worth, merit, or value
• French: digne — having worth, merit, or value
• Galician: digno — having worth, merit, or value
• German: würdig — having worth, merit, or value
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍃 (wairþs) — having worth, merit, or value
• Greek: άξιος (áxios) — having worth, merit, or value
• Ancient Greek: ἄξιος (áxios) — having worth, merit, or value
• Ido: digna — having worth, merit, or value
• Italian: degno — having worth, merit, or value
• Latgalian: godns — having worth, merit, or value
• Latin: dignus — having worth, merit, or value
• Latvian: cienīgs — having worth, merit, or value
• Malayalam: യോഗ്യമായ (yōgyamāya) — having worth, merit, or value
• Māori: whaiwariu — having worth, merit, or value
• Norman: dîngne — having worth, merit, or value
• Polish: godny — having worth, merit, or value
• Portuguese: digno — having worth, merit, or value
• Portuguese: valioso — having worth, merit, or value
• Romanian: demn — having worth, merit, or value
• Russian: досто́йный (dostójnyj) — having worth, merit, or value
• Spanish: digno — having worth, merit, or value
• Telugu: అర్హము (arhamu) — having worth, merit, or value
• Tocharian B: aṣām — having worth, merit, or value
• Ukrainian: гі́дний (hídnyj) — having worth, merit, or value
• Ukrainian: досто́йний (dostójnyj) — having worth, merit, or value
• Welsh: gwiw — having worth, merit, or value
• Armenian: արժանի (aržani) — honourable or admirable
• Bulgarian: заслужен (zaslužen) — honourable or admirable
• Catalan: digne — honourable or admirable
• Esperanto: admirinda — honourable or admirable
• Esperanto: estimata — honourable or admirable
• Esperanto: honorinda — honourable or admirable
• Esperanto: meritplena — honourable or admirable
• Finnish: kunnianarvoisa — honourable or admirable
• French: honorable — honourable or admirable
• French: admirable — honourable or admirable
• Greek: έξοχος (éxochos) — honourable or admirable
• Ancient Greek: ἔξοχος (éxokhos) — honourable or admirable
• Hungarian: érdemes — honourable or admirable
• Ido: estiminda — honourable or admirable
• Ido: honorinda — honourable or admirable
• Ido: honoroza — honourable or admirable
• Latin: dignus — honourable or admirable
• Polish: zacny — honourable or admirable
• Russian: заслу́женный (zaslúžennyj) — honourable or admirable
• Russian: достопочте́нный (dostopočténnyj) — honourable or admirable
• Spanish: digno — honourable or admirable
• Ottoman Turkish: عزیز (ʼazîz) — honourable or admirable
• Armenian: արժանի (aržani) — deserving, or having sufficient worth
• Bulgarian: заскужаващ (zaskužavašt) — deserving, or having sufficient worth
• Chinese Mandarin: 值得 (zhíde) — deserving, or having sufficient worth
• Esperanto: merita — deserving, or having sufficient worth
• Esperanto: inda — deserving, or having sufficient worth
• Greek: άξιος (áxios) — deserving, or having sufficient worth
• Hindi: योग्य (yogya) — deserving, or having sufficient worth
• Ido: digna — deserving, or having sufficient worth
• Irish: diongbháilte — deserving, or having sufficient worth
• Japanese: 値する (atai suru) — deserving, or having sufficient worth
• Māori: whaitake — deserving, or having sufficient worth
• Russian: заслу́живающий (zaslúživajuščij) — deserving, or having sufficient worth
• Russian: сто́ящий (stójaščij) — deserving, or having sufficient worth
• Chinese: 賢人 /贤人 (xiánrén) — good, wise and virtuous person
• Japanese: 賢人 (kenjin) — good, wise and virtuous person
• Korean: 현인 (hyeonin) — good, wise and virtuous person
• Vietnamese: hiền nhân — good, wise and virtuous person