مانع

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Arabic

Root
م ن ع (m-n-ʕ)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /maː.na.ʕa/

Verb

مَانَعَ (mānaʕa) III, non-past يُمَانِعُ‎ (yumāniʕu)

  1. to put up or offer resistance, oppose, counteract, to rise up, stand up or work against, to refuse, deny, disobey or raise objections, to dispute or contest the thing, to try to prevent from doing or obtaining something, to try to make someone relinquish, abstain or turn away from something

Conjugation

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَانِع (māniʕ), from verb مَنَعَ (manaʕa, to hinder).

Noun

مانع (mani')

  1. obstacle

Descendants

  • Turkish: mâni

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mani1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مانع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1662
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 730

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَانِع (māniʕ).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? māni'
Dari reading? māne'
Iranian reading? mâne'
Tajik reading? moneʾ

Noun

مانع (mâne') (plural موانع (mavâne'))

  1. obstacle, hindrance (both physical and figurative)
    رفع موانعraf'-e mavâne'removal of obstacles
    برطرف کردن موانعbartaraf kardan-e mavâne'removal of obstacles

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Root
م ن ع
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَانِع (māniʕ).

Noun

مانع (māneʕm

  1. objection, opposition
    ما عنديش مانعmā ʔandīsh māneʕI've no objections (I don't mind)
    إذا ما عندك مانع...iza mā ʔandak māneʕIf you don't mind...