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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَعْنَى (maʕnā).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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ma'nā, ma'nī
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| Dari reading?
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ma'nā, ma'nī
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| Iranian reading?
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ma'nâ, ma'ni
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| Tajik reading?
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maʾno, maʾni
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Noun
مَعنی • (ma'ni) (plural مَعانی (ma'âni) or مَعنیها (ma'ni-hâ))
- meaning, sense
- Synonym: چم (čam)
به زبان اردو، این کلمه به معنی « بزرگ/کلان » است.- be zabân-e ordu, in kalame be ma'ni-ye "bozorg" ast.
- In Urdu, this word means "big".
c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume V, verse 1441—1442:هم صفیر مرغ آموزند خلق، کین سخن کار دهان افتاد و حلق، لیک از معنی مرغان بیخبر.- ham safīr-i murğ āmōzand xalq, k-īn suxan kār-i dahān uftād u halq, lēk az ma'nī-i murğān bē-xabar.
- Likewise, people learn the note of birds, for this speech is an affair of the mouth and throat; but ignorant of the birds' meaning.
- essence, spirit
- reality
Derived terms
Urdu
Etymology
From Arabic مَعْنَى (maʕnā) via Classical Persian معنی (ma'nī, ma'nā).
Noun
معنی • (ma'nī) f (Hindi spelling मानी)
- meaning
- intent
Synonyms