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Persian
- تمنی (alternative spelling, now less common)
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic تَمَنَّى (tamannā)
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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tamannā
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Dari reading?
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tamannā
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Iranian reading?
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tamannâ
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Tajik reading?
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tamanno
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Noun
تمنا • (tamannâ)
- entreaty, wish
- plea, request, supplication
- want, desire
Descendants
See also
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian تَمَنَّا (tamannā), from Arabic تَمَنَّى (tamannā).
Pronunciation
Noun
تَمَنَّا • (tamannā) f (Hindi spelling तमन्ना)
- wish, desire
- Synonyms: خْوَاہِش (xvāhiś), آرْزُو (ārzū), اَرْمَان (armān), چَاہ (cāh)
- longing
- Synonyms: اَرْمَان (armān), چَاہ (cāh)
- aspiration
- supplication, prayer
Declension
Declension of تمنا
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singular
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plural
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direct
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تَمَنّا (tamannā)
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تَمَنّائیں (tamannāẽ)
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oblique
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تَمَنّا (tamannā)
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تَمَنّاؤں (tamannāõ)
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vocative
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تَمَنّا (tamannā)
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تَمَنّاؤ (tamannāo)
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Proper noun
تَمَنَّا • (tamannā) f (Hindi spelling तमन्ना)
- 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