تمنا

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Persian

Alternative forms

  • تمنی (alternative spelling, now less common)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَمَنَّى (tamannā)

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? tamannā
Dari reading? tamannā
Iranian reading? tamannâ
Tajik reading? tamanno

Noun

تمنا • (tamannâ)

  1. entreaty, wish
  2. plea, request, supplication
  3. want, desire

Descendants

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَمَنَّا (tamannā), from Arabic تَمَنَّى (tamannā).

Pronunciation

Noun

تَمَنَّا • (tamannā) f (Hindi spelling तमन्ना)

  1. wish, desire
    Synonyms: خْوَاہِش (xvāhiś), آرْزُو (ārzū), اَرْمَان (armān), چَاہ (cāh)
  2. longing
    Synonyms: اَرْمَان (armān), چَاہ (cāh)
  3. aspiration
  4. supplication, prayer

Declension

    Declension of تمنا
singular plural
direct تَمَنّا (tamannā) تَمَنّائیں (tamannāẽ)
oblique تَمَنّا (tamannā) تَمَنّاؤں (tamannāõ)
vocative تَمَنّا (tamannā) تَمَنّاؤ (tamannāo)

Proper noun

تَمَنَّا • (tamannā) f (Hindi spelling तमन्ना)

  1. a female given name from Arabic

Further reading

  • “تمنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “تمنا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “تمنا”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
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